Free transfer of the fibula for mandibular reconstruction provides desirable functional and aesthetic results. However, unexpected donor- and recipient-site complications may be encountered with most free flap transfer procedures. A 62-year-old woman underwent wide resection and segmental mandibulectomy for low-grade squamous cell carcinoma of intraoral location. Reconstruction of the defect wa...

Staphylococcus simulans was identified as the etiological agent of osteomyelitis and septic arthritis in an adult male who had sustained a fracture of the fibula and syndesmosis separation which required the installation of orthopedic hardware. Identifying characteristics and antibiograms for this organism, recovered from blood, wound exudate, and deep tissue samples, were determined. Recent ev...

Arteriovenous fistula formation after a closed extremity fracture is rare. We present the case of an 11-year-old boy who developed an arteriovenous fistula between the anterior tibial artery and popliteal vein after closed fractures of the proximal tibia and fibula. The fractures were treated by closed reduction and casting. A fistula was diagnosed 12 weeks after the injury. It was treated by e...

Ex-Surgeon-Superintendent of the Emigrant-ship " Canada Jankie, a Hindoo girl, aged 18 years, was admitted on the 9th July with fracture of both bones of the right leg and a lacerated wound at the posterior part of the ankle.' The accident was caused by a fall from the top of the ladder on to the 'tween deck-?a height of about 12 feet?whilst going down below during a heavy squall in the Bay of ...

Necrotic feet secondary to vascular compromise in the diabetic patient may require an emergent guillotine amputation. Unrecognized, retained hardware a distal ankle years after fracture repair complicate intraoperative amputation at transtibial/fibula level. Troubleshooting such unexpected surgical problem is not necessarily straightforward depending on clinical situation. Presented case report...

patients and methods the study population consisted of all patients with type iiia gastilo open fractures of tibial shaft, with or without fibula fracture (caused by trauma). after wound irrigation, debridement, and wound swab sampling for microbial culture, all patients received prophylactic antibiotic regimens in fitting with their wound class. no topical antibiotics were used with a 6-month ...

Nassau Sheik, aged 25 years, a khalassi in the employ of the Eastern Bengal Railway Company, was admitted into hospital with fracture of the tibia and fibula, on the 16th of October 1874. He had been injured by the breaking of a very thick hawser while working on board one of the Company's steamers, the night previous to admission into hospital. The right leg was bound up with very rough splint...

A 5-month-old castrated male Sphynx kitten presented with left hindlimb lameness shortly after adoption. Prior to adoption, the breeder had fed the kitten an exclusively raw chicken diet. Radiographs revealed generalized osteopenia and a left tibia-fibula fracture. Ophthalmic examination revealed corneal vascularization and opacity in the right eye, and lesions suggestive of feline central reti...

The IlluminOss® system (IS) uses a light-curable polymer contained within an inflatable balloon catheter, forming a patient customized intramedullary implant. A registry was established in Germany and The Netherlands to prospectively collect technical and clinical outcomes in patients treated with IS for fractures of the phalange, metacarpal, radius, ulna, distal radius, fibula, clavicle and/or...

T-Condylar fracture of the distal humerus is rare in the skeletally immature children and is very rare in young children, under 9 years of age. This fracture has been classified  as:  type A ( minimally displaced or undisplaced), type B (displaced  but  not comminuted ) and type C (displaced and comminuted). Herein, we report a T-Condylar fracture of the distal humerus in a 5-yr-old boy. This f...