What is a distal tibia?
Ankle Anatomy and Biomechanics The distal tibia, distal fibula, and talus articulate to form the bony structure of the ankle joint. The distal tibial articular surface, also known as the tibial plafond, is a quadrilateral surface that is wider anteriorly.
What is a tib fib FX?
A broken tibia-fibula is a fracture in the lower leg that happens when a fall or blow places more pressure on the bones than they can withstand. A tibia-fibula fracture is a serious injury that requires prompt immediate medical attention.
How long does a distal tibia fracture take to heal?
Recovery time for a tibia fracture typically takes 4-6 months to heal completely. If the fracture is open or comminuted, healing time may take longer. Your doctor will often prescribe medications for pain-relief for a short period of time after the injury or surgery.
How long does a distal fibula fracture take to heal?
Distal Fibula Stress Fracture – with follow up
| Healing: | This normally takes approximately 6 weeks to heal. |
|---|---|
| Pain and Swelling: | The swelling is often worse at the end of the day and elevating it will help. Pain and swelling can be ongoing for 3-6 months. Take pain killers as prescribed. |
How do you fix a distal tibia fracture?
Distal tibial metaphyseal fractures usually heal well after setting them without surgery and applying a cast. However, there is a risk of full or partial early closure of the growth plate. This may lead to a growth arrest in the form of leg length discrepancy or other deformity.
What happens when you hit your shin really hard?
Bone bruising of the tibia is caused by a direct blow to the shin with a hard object such as a boot, stick or ball. The impact causes the periosteum to be damaged. The periosteum contains nerve fibres and blood vessels. Damage to the blood vessels in the periosteum causes a collection of blood underneath it.
Can you walk on a tibia fracture?
Can you still walk with a fractured tibia? In most cases, the answer is no. Walking after a tibia fracture can make your injury worse and may cause further damage to the surrounding muscles, ligaments and skin. Walking on a fractured tibia is also likely to be extremely painful.
Can you walk on a distal fibula fracture?
Because the fibula is not a weight-bearing bone, your doctor might allow you walk as the injury recovers. You also might be advised to use crutches, avoiding weight on the leg, until the bone heals because of the fibula’s role in ankle stability.
Can you walk on a fractured tibia?
How long should a distal tibia be immobilised?
For displaced distal tibia physeal fractures managed with closed reduction and immobilisation should be reviewed in fracture clinic within 5 days. For tillaux and triplane fractures < 2mm displacement, these can be followed up in 7 days.
Are there direct medial approaches to the distal tibia?
Direct medial approaches to the distal tibia, because of the subcutaneous nature of the bone in that location, are associated with an unacceptably high rate of soft tissue complications and should be avoided; they are not discussed in this chapter.
When to see a fracture specialist for a distal tibia?
For undisplaced distal tibial physeal fractures, follow-up in fracture clinic should occur within 7 days with a repeat x-ray. For displaced distal tibia physeal fractures managed with closed reduction and immobilisation should be reviewed in fracture clinic within 5 days.
Why are the distal tibia plates Opti-mized?
The anterolateral and the medial distal tibial plates are designed with opti-mized fixed-angled screw trajectories in the metaphyseal part and perpen-dicular fixed-angled screw trajectories which provide increased biomechani-cal stability. This helps prevent loss of reduction.