We present a case of a compression neuropathy of the common peroneal nerve caused by an intraosseous Ganglion cyst of fibula.

In (lescribing certain fractures of the fibula, sustained without violence, the writer (Burro ,s’s I 940) expressed the hope that further cases would be published so that something COU1(l be learnt of these uncommon fractures. Additional cases have now been described. The writer has encountered five other personal cases, and scrutiny of the literature has revealed at least one pre ’i us case (D...

INTRODUCTION The ability to reliably include a skin paddle with the fibula osteoseptocutaneous (OSC) flap is crucial both from the perspective soft tissue reconstruction and flap monitoring. In this study, we describe a three-step approach to the harvest of the fibula OSC flap that is reliable and versatile. METHODS AND MATERIALS Step 1 starts by exploring the posterior crural septum from the...

OBJECTIVES To evaluate the association between time to surgery, antibiotic administration, Gustilo grade, fracture location, and development of deep infection in open fractures. DESIGN Prospective cohort between 2001 and 2009. SETTING Three Level 1 Canadian trauma centers. PARTICIPANTS A total of 736 (791 fractures) subjects were enrolled and 686 subjects (93%; 737 fractures) provided ade...

Fatigue, or stress, fractures have been described as occurring in many situations and at widely differing ages from 15 months to 64 years. Most have occurred in young adults, particularly soldiers in training and athletes. Although fatigue fractures usually occur in weight-bearing bones, in particular the metatarsals and tibia, they also occur in the fibula, and have even been described in the ...

Stress fractures of the lower part of the fibula are common in athletes. This paper reviews fifty such injuries and discusses the natural history, signs, symptoms, radiographic appearances and treatment. All were seen in the Athletes’ Clinic at the Middlesex Hospital between 1952 and 1955, at which they represented an approximate incidence of 3 per cent of new patients seen. An excellent summar...

Development of novel implants in orthopaedic trauma surgery is based on limited datasets of cadaver trials or artificial bone models. A method has been developed whereby implants can be constructed in an evidence based method founded on a large anatomic database consisting of more than 2.000 datasets of bones extracted from CT scans. The aim of this study was the development and clinical applic...