Ideally, two screws, which need not engage the lateral tibial cortex, are used to fix medial malleolar fractures ... or transverse fibular fractures. The distal fibular fragment must not be ...

and overlapping of the distal tibia and fibula. The mechanism is thought to be force in extreme external rotation. Fractures arising from direct application of force to the malleolar region ...

Tibial malformations are noticeable defects of the lower limb that may come in several varieties. In an otherwise healthy individual, fractures ... distal (bottom) end of the tibia rests over the ...

a fracture of the medial malleolus. The flexor hallucis longus may also become interposed between the fragments of a fibular fracture. [33] Of the two, posterior tibial entrapment, recognizable by ...