You probably know the medial malleolus as the bump that protrudes on the inner side of your ankle. It’s actually not a separate bone, but the end of your larger leg bone — the tibia, or shinbone. The ...

What Is Medial Compartment Osteoarthritis? Medial compartment osteoarthritis is a type of arthritis in your knee. In osteoarthritis, the smooth, slippery cartilage that covers the ends of your bones ...

It is not uncommon to encounter a “tight” medial compartment at the time of arthroscopic meniscectomy (Figure 1). Surgeons frequently wonder if it makes sense in this setting to release the medial ...

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Background Patient was a 16 year old elite soccer player, who complained of medial ankle pain, numbness in lower leg and foot, and loss of plantarflexion strength resulting in lost playing time.

The gold standard for diagnosing CECS is compartment pressure testing. [21] This involves the insertion of either a large bore needle or a wick catheter into the apparently affected muscular ...

Fasciotomy is a surgical procedure where the fascia is cut to relieve the compartmental pressure in patients with compartment syndrome of the limbs. Fascia is a tough limiting inelastic fibrous ...

A trimalleolar fracture occurs when the three malleoli bones that make up the ankle break at the same time. The malleoli are specific parts of the tibia and fibula that form the ankle. These consist ...