Unlike more common fractures and broken bones, compound fractures or open fractures ... The talus (or "ankle bone") connects your leg to your foot. Doctors think of the ankle as having three ...

This bruising can track down toward the sole of your foot or toward the toes ... If the bone breaks through the skin, the fracture is then called a compound fracture. This is more serious than ...

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Kyle Busch suffered a compound break of his right leg and a fracture of his left foot in in a wreck in the closing laps of the Xfinity Series race at Daytona International ...

For example, a closed fracture is a break to the bone that does not damage surrounding tissue or tear through the skin. By contrast, a compound fracture is one that damages surrounding tissue and ...

Your legs are a bundle of bones, muscles, and connective tissues that runs from your the top of your femur, at the hipbones, to your ankle and foot. The bones connect to each other by pieces of ...

We'd received a telephone call to say someone was coming in with a compound fracture so when she came through the door and her foot was hanging off I was just shocked because usually you get some ...

for now. The 7-foot-1, 235-pound Handlogten suffered a compound fracture to his lower leg in UF's SEC Tournament finals loss to Auburn last March. The initial plan was for Handlogten to redshirt ...

Tom Pelissero of NFL Media reports that Lance did not suffer a compound fracture on Sunday. That doesn’t change his outlook in terms of returning this season, but it should allow him to avoid some ...

It's been less than eight months since Vikings safety Lewis Cine suffered a compound fracture of his left leg ... running a 4.37 40 with an 11-foot broad jump at 6'2", 200 pounds last year.

During the episode, viewers witness a woman called Kirsty with a compound fracture on her right leg. Only a 'little bit of skin' and 'some ligament' were holding her foot in place. A nurse ...