BackgroundAnkle sprains are one of the most common injuries amongst general population and affect all spectrums activity levels. While anterior talofibular calcaneal fibular ligaments prevalently injured during there instances when chronic lateral ankle instability leads to rotational attenuate deltoid ligament. The few literature that exists concerning medial ligament reconstruction focus on a...

INTRODUCTION Anatomical abnormalities in the lower limb vessels are uncommon. However, the preoperative evaluation of the anatomical variations is very important for planning the operation procedure to prevent jeopardizing the donor leg. CASE PRESENTATION In this case report, a 23-year-old Asian woman who was scheduled to have vascularized free fibula transplantation for reconstruction of her...

The study was carried out on 20 legs of ten adult clinically and healthy local and Tom were obtained from Mosul local market, were divided into three groups; the first and second groups were subjected to gross feature regarding to shape, position, relationship of tibiotarsal and fibula in both birds also the length and diameters of shank bone while third group study morphological of muscles, bl...

BACKGROUND This study was to compare clinical and radiographic outcomes with three different implants and evaluate the effectiveness of minimally invasive plate osteosynthesis (MIPO) technique for the distal fibular fractures. METHODS We performed a retrospective cohort single-surgical team single-facility study between 2000 and 2011. 147 patients receiving surgical interventions for closed, ...

We reported the case of a 22 year-old boy who suffered a periosteal osteoblastoma of the distal fibula. The radiographic features of our case did not correlate with the majority of periosteal osteoblastomas of the long bones reported in the literature and were identical to a periosteal aneurysmal bone cyst. Periosteal osteoblastoma is a very rare tumor with a wide range of clinical and radiolog...

Tibia and fibula shaft fracture are common among young old, if they not managed correctly, can be debilitating in long term. Management of these fractures depends on severity,stability, pattern fracture. Options range from conservative management by plate to external fixation, especially the case an open Unfortunately, ideal fixation option (commonly used or nail) implant is always available op...