fibula


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the outer and thinner of the two bones of the human leg between the knee and ankle

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Se realizo una incision en la superficie lateral de la pierna, desde la cabeza de la fibula hasta el maleolo lateral, removiendo la piel alrededor de la pierna, dejando expuestos los musculos fibulares completamente.
On the outside or fibula side of the ankle are two ligaments.
Temporary external fixation of the lower leg followed by staged internal fixation of the tibia fracture, with or without fixation of an associated fibula fracture, is common.
Sport Belle Vue Aces' Steve Worrall broke his tibia and fibula
He tweeted on Wednesday: 'So yesterday I broke my tibia and fibula, unfortunately it's just part of the brutal sport we play.
Overall, 107 femur, 91 tibia, and 67 fibula of unknown sex and age were examined in the Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine.
However, the right-back's evening was cut short after a dreadful challenge from Neil Taylor with the Blues star suffering a broken tibia and fibula, receiving oxygen as he was carried off the pitch.
Impingement on the distal fibula by the talus and/or calcaneus could even produce stress fracture of the distal fibula [3]; however, to our knowledge, no studies have reported stress fractures of the talus associated with adult-acquired flatfoot deformity.
M2 PHARMA-November 2, 2017-IntraFuse passes US FDA's 510(k) clearance for FlexThread Fibula Pin System in aid of fractures of large bones in the body
M2 EQUITYBITES-November 2, 2017-IntraFuse passes US FDA's 510(k) clearance for FlexThread Fibula Pin System in aid of fractures of large bones in the body