(n.) The outer and usually the smaller of the two bones of the leg, or hind limb, below the knee.
(n.) A needle for sewing up wounds.
Example Sentences:
(1) In the other, the proximal fibula was excised and the epiphysis placed across the saphenous artery and vein in the groin.
(2) Limb abnormalities included lumbar scoliosis, short malformed tibias and fibulas, and polydactyly.
(3) Nine patients who had undergone free fibula transfer were reviewed to determine the incidence of donor site complications.
(4) We assessed the function of the posterior malleolus, the anterior tibiofibular ligament, and the fibula with regard to posterior stability of the talus in ten ankles of cadavera.
(5) Both lower limbs were abnormal: the left had a single slender long bone articulating with the foot, which was markedly dorsiflexed and had only 2 toes; on the right the femur was angulated, the fibula was absent, and only 4 metatarsals were present with 4 toes.
(6) In 8 no subsequent procedure was necessary; 2 patients required additional bone grafts to augment the osseous reconstruction; viable fibulas were seen at reoperation.
(7) The biological and biomechanical properties of normal fibulae, fibulae that had had a sham operation, and both vascularized and non-vascularized autogenous grafts were studied in dogs at three months after the operation.
(8) The autogeneic fibula dove-tailed strut graft is favored over an iliac crest bone graft because with multilevel decompression in the cervical spine, it provided structural stability and a high union rate.
(9) In these cases the reposition and the osteosynthesis of the fibula neutralize fairly well also the motive forces acting on the tibial fracture.
(10) A case of acute plastic bowing fractures of both the fibula and tibia in a child is presented.
(11) Also examined were the vertebral column; femur, knee joint, tibia and fibula of the right hindlimb; and the tracheal cartilages.
(12) Cystic fibrosis was noted in the metatarsals on day 14 and in the tibia, fibula and tarsals on day 21 and progressed to become the dominant abnormality by day 35.
(13) Five years after completing adjuvant chemotherapy for osteosarcoma of the fibula, a 20-year-old woman developed an esophageal carcinoma.
(14) We report four patients with unilateral bowing of the lower leg, affecting only the fibula.
(15) We consider them to be bony origins of ligaments: at the sciatic tuber--the bony origin of the sacrotuberal ligament, at the distal fibula--the bony origin of the peroneal compartment of the retinaculum mm extensorum inferius.
(16) Large defects of the tibia can be bridged with autologous cancellous grafts between the remaining fibula and a contralateral tibial cortical graft.
(17) The area of proprioceptive nerve receptors around the distal part of the rat fibula was stripped surgically, and a standard fracture of the fibular shaft was produced.
(18) The usual application of one-third tubular plates to the lateral surface of the distal fibula has certain disadvantages.
(19) We report on 2 male propositi, their mothers, and a maternal aunt with a new skeletal dysplasia associated with a unique pattern of digital malformation, variable mild short stature, and mild bowleg with proximal overgrowth of the fibula.
(20) The method used most in the operative technique is the correction of valgus deviation at the head of the tibia after osteotomy of the fibula with stabilization with a fixateur externe.
Fibular
Definition:
Example Sentences:
(1) Diagnosis and therapy of 125 ruptures of the fibular ligaments and capsulae are reported.
(2) The mixed fibular and tibial branches contained approximately the same amount as the sciatic nerve proper.
(3) Four stress fractures occurred during preseason training (two fibular, one second metatarsal, and two fourth metatarsal stress fractures).
(4) Among these, 30 were grafts of the fibular shaft and 16 were grafts of the fibular head.
(5) A technique using a fibular graft to locate the center of rotation and provide stability has been used in 9 operations with very satisfying results.
(6) Excluding complications specific to the fibular transfer procedure, the complications in the Group-I patients (six recurrent postoperative infections, one fracture of the graft, and one non-union of a fibular strut graft) were approximately as frequent as those in the Group-II patients (one failure of fusion and two fractures of the graft).
(7) The other complications included recurrence of the hallux valgus in two feet, pain under a fibular sesamoid in one foot, and a tailor's bunion that was unrelated to the operation in one foot.
(8) A 60-year-old female patient received a corrective fibulotomy just below the fibular head under the diagnosis of osteoarthropathy of the left knee joint 3 years ago.
(9) The area of proprioceptive nerve receptors around the distal part of the rat fibula was stripped surgically, and a standard fracture of the fibular shaft was produced.
(10) This lesion is usually associated with ankle trauma, such as lateral ankle sprains, ruptures of the fibular collateral ligaments, and transchondral fractures of the talar dome.
(11) Serial peroneal conduction velocities with analysis of compound muscle action potential (CMAP) amplitude, area and duration performed at Days 1, 2, 5, 7, 14, 21, 37, 80 showed conduction block localized at the fibular head which lasted 14 days and paralleled clinical conditions.
(12) The distal fibular physis also begins as a transverse structure that becomes undulated and has extensive peripheral lappet formation.
(13) In electroneurographic and electromyographic examinations of 37 patients who had taken neuroloptic drugs for many years a delay in the conduction velocity of the ulnar nerve was found in one case, of the fibular nerve in five cases.
(14) The innervation of the vasculature of the dog hindpaw separately controls the series and parallel coupled vessels by means of the tibial, deep fibular, and superficial fibular nerves.
(15) The fibular hemimelia observed in all drug-treated term fetuses stained with alizarin appeared to result from lack of development of the proximal half of the cartilage model.
(16) The fibular nerve was transplanted on to the soleus muscle of the rats.
(17) The highest density of AChE-positive nerve fibres was noticeable in the fibular collateral ligament followed by the tibial collateral ligament, the posterior cruciate ligament, the anterior cruciate ligament and the articular capsule.
(18) The rabbit fibular osteotomy model was used to answer these questions and to identify which components of the clinically used asymmetrical PEMF produce the therapeutic response.
(19) Postoperative results in 21 patients with bone defects that had been treated with a free vascularized fibular graft (FVFG) were evaluated.
(20) Spiral fractures in the shaft or distal metaphysis of the tibia predominated (73%); the incidence of concomitant fibular fracture was low.