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Hi my name is Tracie I am 34 years old female, I am 5 10 about 160 pounds. Last night I fell off of a stool and fell into my cabinets and stove. When I got up I couldnt really put any weight on my lefrt leg and when I moved my leg it felt like I had cut up my leg and was burning very bad almost like a hot knife was cutting me. After alittle bit I got a really good veiw and saw that I had a rather large hard knot right above my ankle on the outside, around 10 -11 inces above the ankle joint. Ive put ice on it and elevated it. The bruising I thought that it would be more colorfull but its only alittle bit of light green. on the outsideof the lump. I can move my toes and can move my ankle to the right a little bit but not to the left
From your history and physical findings it appears that you sustained a fracture of your fibula ( smaller of the two bones of the leg.treatment of fibular fractures depend on their location and displacement.
Ideally lower 1/3 displaced fractures need to be fixed surgically,while upper2/3 undisplaced fractures needs to be treated conservatively.
While ambiguity remains for the ontermediate types. You need to get an x ray first to decide further line of management.
Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Take care
Regards,
Dr. Rohan Shanker Tiwari
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Hello, From your history and physical findings it appears that you sustained a fracture of your fibula ( smaller of the two bones of the leg.treatment of fibular fractures depend on their location and displacement. Ideally lower 1/3 displaced fractures need to be fixed surgically,while upper2/3 undisplaced fractures needs to be treated conservatively. While ambiguity remains for the ontermediate types. You need to get an x ray first to decide further line of management. Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further. Take care Regards, Dr. Rohan Shanker Tiwari