Thread: Distal Fibula = The suck.

OR tomorrow.

That is all.

Fixed:



I didn't want to bike this year anyway.

Fuck that.

Tell me what the fuck is going on in those pics G4F...

Originally Posted by splat

Tell me what the fuck is going on in those pics G4F...

First shot is looking head on - plate on the lateral fibula to buttress over the fracture. I also managed to break the distal fragment more or less in half, so the the second view is looking from the side, and shows 2 free-floating bone screws anchoring those halves together, and the shorter plate anchoring that second fragment back to the distal end of the fibula. The problem with a break like this is that if you blow your fibula up badly enough at the joint, you can imagine that it would make the ankle unstable enough that the tibia can then slip off on the talus, which is the major-suck, and a compelling reason to surgerize.

That second pic looks like a bunch of hardware floating next to the bone....that's why I asked.

Heal well! cool pics. Wanna see a video of part of my ACL recon?

Out of morbid curiosity, how'd it happen?

-I had two surgeries this winter following a left ankle syndesmosis
(Fighting friends drunk on the beach at night...good times...)

To note: Major healing took 4 months, on crutches, but I'm back skiing and playing now

Good Luck and Heal Fast!