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

Types of Bone Fractures: What You Need to Know: By Shreoshree Chakrabarty Bone fractures are common injuries affecting people of all ages, often caused by falls, accidents, or sports. A bone fracture ...

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 ...

Lindsey Vonn crashes in downhill, breaks tibia. Learn about her injury, recovery time, and career-ending risks.

Lindsey Vonn suffered a complex tibia fracture after a high-speed crash during the women’s downhill at the Winter Olympics.

The Houston Astros' Kyle Tucker hasn't played in a Major League game since early June due to a lingering leg injury, and a new report published Monday could explain the three-time All-Star's lengthy ...

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 ...

For patients with a broken shin bone, a new generation of smart orthopedic implants is being developed that can not only monitor healing progression at the bone fracture site, but can use controlled ...

A pelvic fracture is a break in one or more of the bones in the pelvis. This includes the sacrum, coccyx, ilium, ischium, and pubis. The type of pelvic fracture a person has may depend on the trauma ...

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

Lindsey Vonn has battled through major injuries throughout her skiing career. Here's a list of her most significant injuries ...