Your fibula meets the tibia just below the knee ... bone is pulled away by the tendon or ligament. Open fracture. Also called a compound fracture, your fibula can break the skin.

The fibula and tibia are the two long bones of the ... Share on Pinterest Simple and compound fibula fractures are classified depending on whether the skin has been broken or the bone is exposed.

Lions head coach Dan Campbell told the media that Hutchinson suffered a tibia injury and will “be down for a while,” per Colton Pouncy. Notably, it is not a compound fracture. UPDATE ...

Federica Brignone suffered a multi-fragmentary compound fracture of the tibial plateau and the head of the fibula in her left leg in a bad fall this morning during the Italian Ski Championships ...

The U.S. ski team says American skier Nina O’Brien suffered a compound fracture of her left tibia and fibula after falling toward the end of the women’s giant slalom at the Beijing Games.

Hours after suffering an open tibia-fibula fracture in his right leg in Friday night's Team USA showcase at UNLV's Thomas & Mack Center, the 24-year-old Indiana Pacers small forward underwent ...

It is often impossible to diagnose a fracture ... The tibia, which is the main bone of the lower leg, makes up the medial, or inside, of the ankle joint. . The fibula is a smaller bone that ...

Unlike more common fractures and broken bones, compound fractures or open fractures ... is composed of the tibia, fibula and talus bones. The talus (or "ankle bone") connects your leg to your ...

The Blazers later said Nurkic suffered a compound fracture of his left tibia and fibula and will miss the remainder of the season. Jusuf Nurkic was taken off the court on a stretcher after ...

Indiana Pacers All-Star Paul George suffered a open fracture of the tibia and fibula bones in his lower right leg during an intrasquad scrimmage of the USA Men's Basketball team and underwent ...

The tibia and fibula were treated by closed reduction ... a 26-year-old soldier, sustained a compound comminuted fracture of the upper third of the left femur from shrapnel on November 26, 1944 ...