Other NFL examples include WR Tyler Lockett who in December 2016 had a compound tib/fib fracture which means the skin was lacerated by the bone. He was able to return for the start of next season.

Dallas Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott was transported to a local hospital for surgery after suffering a compound fracture and dislocation ... ankle and fractured tibia. The ankle joint ...

Smith’s compound fracture was to his tibia and fibula (tib-fib). Prescott’s injury is to his ankle. This is significant to classify because the ankle is a joint while the tib-fib is not.

TweetA compound fracture is a term that is not ... appears to be somewhere between Theismann’s true transverse tib/fib fracture and the ankle fractures suffered by Raiders quarterback Derek ...

PORTLAND, Ore. -- Portland Trail Blazers center Jusuf Nurkic suffered compound fractures to the tibia and fibula of his lower left leg in a double-overtime win against the Brooklyn Nets on Monday ...

Outcomes vary remarkably. Joe Theismann's compound tibia fracture suffered in 1985 (he also fractured the fibula) ended his football career, though he had already played professionally for 14 ...

BEIJING – U.S. skier Nina O’Brien has a compound fracture of her left tibia and fibula and will be taken back to the United States for further treatment. O’Brien had initial surgery at a ...

⊳See Dorsey article for full details. Concern level 3/10: The tib/fib fracture on December 15, 2024 should be recovered by training camp but there is always a chance of residual effects.

The U.S. ski team says American skier Nina O’Brien has sustained a compound fracture of her left tibia and fibula after falling toward the end of the women’s giant slalom at the Beijing Games.