Q: My father broke his ankle and they said he needs surgery. Why can’t they just put it in a cast and let it heal on its own? A: The ankle joint is made up of three bones. The tibia (shin bone) and ...

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 ...

Background Ankle fractures are one of the more commonly occurring forms of trauma managed by orthopaedic teams worldwide. The impacts of these injuries are not restricted to pain and disability caused ...

A posterior malleolus fracture is a break on the lower back side of the shin bone. Ankle surgery is often required to fix a posterior malleolus fracture, and recovery may take months. There were ...

What Is the Lateral Malleolus? The knobby bones on the outside and the inside of the ankle are called malleoli. The fibula and the tibia have specific parts that compose the ankle: Lateral malleolus - ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A few years ago I was given access to a medical claims database that included 250,000 women aged 50 years and ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A retrospective study of infected operatively treated ankle fractures has revealed that stable hardware should ...

Stryker (NYSE: SYK) announced today that it launched the Synchfix EVT next-generation syndesmotic fixation device.

Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott underwent successful ankle surgery on Sunday night, the team announced Monday. Prescott was carted off the field during Sunday's game against the Giants after ...

Dallas Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott was transported to a local hospital for surgery after suffering a compound fracture and dislocation of his right ankle during Sunday’s game against the New York ...

Lawsuit alleges physician failed to surgically treat ankle fracture, prescribed physical therapy, and misled patient to ...