Conclusion. Early diagnostic and absence of additional injuries of the knee leads to a faster and full functional recovery of patients with isolated avulsion fracture of the fibular head, while surgical treatment provides knee stability with no residual ligament instability during sports activities....
Symptoms of superficial fibular (peroneal) nerve entrapment include pain, numbness and paresthesia in the distribution of the nerve, that is, down the lateral aspect of the leg (calf) and also the dorsum of the foot, apart from the web space between the first and second toes. ...
Imaging of the fibular head region or of the knee should be done when there is no apparent cause of the neuropathy or when there is progressive worsening of the symptoms. MRI appears to be the technique of choice for detection of mass lesions (Loredo et al., 1998; Uetani et al., 1998...
From 1989 to 1994, three patients were treated and reviewed in our practice: all, soccer players on the local team, 20, 23, and 25 years old, with superior tibiofibular pain and tumefaction, without neurological symptoms, but with anteroposterior mobility of the fibular head. The average ...
Imaging of the fibular head region or of the knee should be done when there is no apparent cause of the neuropathy or when there is progressive worsening of the symptoms. MRI appears to be the technique of choice for detection of mass lesions (Loredo et al., 1998; Uetani et al., 1998...