Fibular hemimelia is a type of post-axial hypoplasia of the lower extremities that happens when one of the baby’s limb buds didn’t develop as it should. Babies with fibular hemimelia will be ...

A fibular fracture is a break to your fibula caused by a forceful impact. The impact often breaks your fibula right above the ankle. It can also happen when there's more pressure or stress on the ...

JACKSON, N.J.-- Eleven-year-old Leila Ricks of New Jersey will never take playing basketball for granted. When she was born, doctors said she was missing a fibula and had a rare condition called ...

Fibular head fractures occur at the upper end of the fibula at the knee Avulsion fractures happen when a small chunk of bone that is attached to a tendon or ligament is pulled away from the main ...

Results of this retrospective case-control study indicate fibular fixation is unnecessary for all patients who sustain plafond fractures with metadiaphyseal dissociation, and this practice may ...

JACKSON, N.J.-- Eleven-year-old Leila Ricks of New Jersey will never take playing basketball for granted. When she was born, doctors said she was missing a fibula and had a rare condition called ...

A prospective randomised study was performed in order to compare plaster cast with Pliton-80 cast brace with a mobile plastic shoe insert in the treatment of ruptured fibular ankle ligaments. The two ...

Mullins was born without shinbones because of the condition, fibular hemimelia. Nov. 30, 2012— -- Aimee Mullins has amazing athletic accomplishments, a successful modeling career, and has ...

Kennedy and Dakota Chirpich of Tennessee were both born with fibular hemimelia, which meant they were each missing a bone in at least one leg. They both had amputations as babies.