Xrays Of Fracture Of Distal End Tibia Comminuted Fracture and Fibula Fracture

These are the xrays of the patient with exposed plate in leg.

Here are the xrays after the injury. These xrays show comminuted fracture in distal tibia with fracture lines extending till articular area, something like Pilon fracture. Also seen is fracture of the fibula.

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Comminuted Fracture of Distal End Of Tibia

Lateral view [Read more...]

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Osteochondral Fracture Of Talus – Anteroposterior Xray

A small fracture line is visible in upper outer part of dome of talus. If you cannot localize it, look at the center of the circle.

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The image has been contributed by Tom Jankowski, a reader of Bone and Spine.

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Fracture of Medial Malleolus Fixed With Malleolar Screw – An Xray

Medial malleolus is the projection of tibia beyond ankle joint on inner side of leg. A similar projection of fibula on outer (lateral) aspect of the leg is called lateral malleolus.

Most of fractures of medial malleolus are caused by twisting injury to ankle. It my or may not be accompanied by the injury to lateral malleolus.
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The xray in picture is of 27 years old male who fell after his ankle got twisted. He had a displaced fracture of medial malleolus and the fracture was fixed with two malleolar screw. [Read more...]

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