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  2. Bone healing - Wikipedia

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    Bone healing, or fracture healing, is a proliferative physiological process in which the body facilitates the repair of a bone fracture. Generally, bone fracture treatment consists of a doctor reducing (pushing) displaced bones back into place via relocation with or without anaesthetic, stabilizing their position to aid union, and then waiting ...

  3. Ankle fracture - Wikipedia

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    Surgically fixated bimalleolar ankle fracture. The broad goals of treating ankle fractures are restoring the ankle joint to normal alignment, healing the fracture, and preventing arthritis. [9] The stability of the ankle joint often dictates treatment. Certain fracture patterns are stable and are thus treated without surgery similarly to ankle ...

  4. Fibula - Wikipedia

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    The most common type of fibula fracture is located at the distal end of the bone, and is classified as ankle fracture. In the Danis–Weber classification it has three categories: [5] Type A: Fracture of the lateral malleolus, distal to the syndesmosis (the connection between the distal ends of the tibia and fibula).

  5. Pott's fracture - Wikipedia

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    This damages the ligaments on the inside of the ankle and fractures the fibula at the point of contact (usually just above the tibiofibular syndesmosis). A better way to visualize this is the two hands of a clock, with one hand facing 12 and the other facing 6. The vertical line they form represents the fibula of the person's right leg.

  6. Capitals star Alex Ovechkin has fractured fibula; goal-record ...

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    Alex Ovechkin injury update. Ovechkin saw team doctors after returning to Washington and the Capitals said he has a fractured left fibula and will miss four to six weeks.. The Capitals play 13 to ...

  7. Maisonneuve fracture - Wikipedia

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    The Maisonneuve fracture is a spiral fracture of the proximal third of the fibula associated with a tear of the distal tibiofibular syndesmosis and the interosseous membrane. There is an associated fracture of the medial malleolus or rupture of the deep deltoid ligament of the ankle .

  8. Jaden Ivey injury update: Pistons guard suffers broken left ...

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    Jaden Ivey's leg injury leaves Pistons shaken. Ausar Thompson appeared to be teary-eyed on the bench and Magic guard Cole Anthony, who dove for a loose ball and collided with Ivey, was also in ...

  9. The Challenge's Nelson Thomas Faces Potential Ankle ... - AOL

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    In the clip, Thomas explained he had an appointment with his doctor, and his X-rays revealed that his ankle was rebroken and not healing properly. “The bone has been rebroken, it is out of place.