Broken Leg (cont.)
Medical Author:
Samuel M Keim, MD
Coauthor:
Dominic Connolly, MD
Medical Editor:
Brian F Chinnock, MD
Medical Editor:
Francisco Talavera, PharmD, PhD
Medical Editor:
Jerry R. Balentine, DO, FACEP
Jerry R. Balentine, DO, FACEPDr. Balentine received his undergraduate degree from McDaniel College in Westminster, Maryland. He attended medical school at the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine graduating in1983. He completed his internship at St. Joseph's Hospital in Philadelphia and his Emergency Medicine residency at Lincoln Medical and Mental Health Center in the Bronx, where he served as chief resident. IN THIS ARTICLEMultimediaMedia file 1: Broken leg. Fracture of the femur (thigh bone). Courtesy of Kevin Reilly, MD; Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Arizona.
Media type: X-RAY Media file 2: Broken leg. Fracture of the femur (86 year old). Courtesy of Lisa Chan, MD; Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Arizona. 
Media type: X-RAY Media file 3: Broken leg. Fracture of the tibia and the fibula (a "tib-fib" fracture), seen from the side. Courtesy of Lisa Chan, MD; Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Arizona. 
Media type: X-RAY Media file 4: Broken leg. Fracture of the tibia and the fibula, after fixation in the operating room with metal rod and screws. This is one method of maintaining bone position to allow healing to occur. Courtesy of Kevin Reilly, MD; Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Arizona. 
Media type: X-RAY Viewer Comments & ReviewsBroken Leg - SymptomsThe eMedicineHealth physician editors ask:What type of leg fracture did you suffer? |
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