Sentence examples for border of the fibula from inspiring English sources

In four of the ten specimens, the course of the nerve traversed the posterior border of the fibula head at its widest AP diameter.

The point palpated is suspected to have been the most prominent subcutaneous superior portion of the anterior border of the fibula.

The skin flap was designed with its center located at the junction of the middle and distal thirds of the leg and its longitudinal axis coinciding with the posterior border of the fibula.

This is demonstrated in the discrepancy between the ranges demonstrated in AP diameter of the fibular head when compared to the position of the nerve in relation to the anterior border of the fibula head at its broadest point.

Dislocation was measured as lateral displacement of the fibula at the level of the tibial plafond and the distal anteromedial border of the fibula (Mueller nose), and at the Medial Clear Space (MCS) at 10 mm below the tibial plafond.

A second incision was made along the lateral border of the ipsilateral fibula, and a free vascularized fibula bone graft was harvested for transplant to the femoral defect.

Open image in new window Fig. 1 Preoperative anatomic landmarks (superficial peroneal nerve, superior border of the peroneal tendons, distal fibula anterior talofibular ligament, inferior retinaculum).

The distance between the tibia and fibula (clear space) was measured at the deep border of the ligament.

The main values used are: 1) the tibiofibular clear space (syndesmosis A), which is the distance from the medial fibula to the posterior tubercle of the medial border of the tibia.

He sustained a fracture of the fibula.

In the last two years, she has sustained three stress fractures of the fibula.