back to search resultsShare
86005DS.JPG
Fractured Tibia and Fibula (Broken Lower Leg Bones) with Fixation Surgery. This medical illustration series pictures the bones of the right lower leg revealing pre-operative displaced fractures of the tibia and fibula. Additional surgical images reflect the following: 1. Incision into the anterior knee region with a drill reaming the tibial canal, 2. Insertion of an intramedullary rod-nail, and finally 4. Post-operative view with fixation hardware in place.
© 2012 Nucleus Medical Art/Doctor Stock
all, anatomical, anatomically, anterior, arthrosis, back, backbone, backs, bone, bones, breaks, broken, bruise, bruises, bruising, canal, canals, cap, caps, column, columns, comminuted, complete, descriptions, displaced, drill, drilled, drilling, drills, ecchymosis, encision, encisions, femoral, femur, femurs, fibula, fibular, finally, first, fixate, fixated, fixates, fixation, fixator, following, fracture, fractured, fractures, front, frontal, hardware, images, incision, incisions, inserted, insertion, into, intramedullary, johnsonleg, joint, joints, knee, kneecap, kneecaps, knees, l, l-4, l-5, l4, l5, leg, legs, locking, low, lower, lumbar, medical, medullary, multiple, nail, nails, officer, operation, operations, operative, patella, patellae, patellar, patellas, periods, place, placement, post-operative, pre-operative, procedure, procedures, ream, reamed, reamer, reaming, reduced, reflect, region, regular, remain, revealing, rod, rod-nail, rods, screw, screws, secured, series, spinal, spine, spines, spinous, steps, subtitle, surgeries, surgery, surgical, thomas, tibia, tibial, ventral, vertebra, vertebrae, vertebral, 1, 2, 4, 5