Here's how doctors describe a "complex tibia fracture," the injury Lindsey Vonn says she has after a horrific Olympics crash.

Lindsey Vonn’s right arm snagged a bright, neon-red slalom gate on Sunday, snapping the Alpine skier into a violent tumble during the Olympic downhill final. The Olympian underwent two surgeries to ...

A tibial plateau fracture is a break at the top of the tibia bone in the shin, which is often due to high energy trauma. Tibial plateau fractures can cause swelling, pain, and, in severe cases, loss ...

A 42-year-old woman was involved in a motorcycle crash and sustained a type II open, right distal-third tibia and fibula fractures (Figure 1). The patient was appropriately resuscitated, given IV ...

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Correspondence to: Dr Milgrom, Department of Orthopaedics, Hadassah University Hospital, Ein Kerem, PO Box 12000, Jerusalem, Israel; milgrom{at}md2.huji.ac.il Background: Repetitive high bone strain ...

MINNEAPOLIS — New York Mets center fielder Jose Siri was diagnosed Monday with a fractured left tibia, which he sustained on Saturday in West Sacramento, Calif., when he fouled a pitch off his leg. “I ...

A tibia fracture is considered “complex” when the bone breaks into several pieces, damaging the soft tissues surrounding the shin.