Ligaments are muscular, fibrous tissues that connect bones. The foot has many ligaments, including ankle ligaments, which connect the ankle bone to the tibia and fibula bones in the leg. Tendons Tendons are tough, fibrous tissues that connect muscles to bones. The foot has many tendons, includi...
Case presentation A 21 yrs old, Ethiopian, unmarried, lady presented with sever acute vulvar pain, discharge, and a stony hard vulvar swelling 13 years after type-III female genital cutting (infibulation). Surgical excision of the cyst, which contained two ???stones??? inside it, and defib...
The ankle joint, anatomically known as the tibiotalar joint, is the connection between the leg and the foot. The tibia or shin bone is the upper surface, and the talus or ankle bone is the lower surface. The outer bone prominence of the ankle is created by the fibula which is the lon...
Objective: To determine if performing popliteal nerve blocks preoperatively in patients undergoing fibula-free flap surgery for head and neck cancer reconstruction decreases subjective pain scores decreases narcotic usage, and improves mobility in the acute postoperative time period when compared t...
the bone that forms the heel, as well as the talus. The talus rests above the calcaneus and forms the ankle joint along with the tibia, the shin bone, and the fibula in the lower leg. In addition to 26 bones, the foot and ankle utilize over 100 ligaments, tendons, and muscles in ...
Fractures of the kneecap, femur, and upper part of tibia and fibula. Fractures of the bones in the joint often result from falling on the knee, the sudden twisting motion of the joint, or by a sudden and forceful hit on the knee. ...
To help you understand exactly how the knee wasdesignedto work, let me give you a brief intro on knee anatomy. The bones –Above the knee is the femur; below the knee are the Fibula and Tibia. In-between everything there are four ligaments that hold it all together and keep it loaded...
The talus is the highest foot bone. It forms the bottom of the ankle joint, articulating with the tibia and fibula (shin bones) and the top of the subtalar joint, articulating with the calcaneus (heel bone). Interestingly, no muscles attach to the talus. The talus is held in place by ...
(to the height of the fibula head), and the taping tension was applied at about 10%. After I-shaped taping, taping was applied from the base of the 5th metatarsal to the medial arch in dorsiflexion to support the arch (Figure 1). The application of dynamic taping was directly performed...
The authors found that autograft bone harvested from the iliac crest, allograft bone from either cadaveric iliac crest or fibula, or titanium cages and rectangular fusion devices, with or without the use of autologous graft or substitute, have been successful in creating arthrodesis after 1- or 2...