I’m a 32-year-old woman that had surgery of the lateral condyle of my tibia six years ago. My tibia was crushed—the surgeon had to reconstruct my leg with plates and screws. I tried to run several ...

Fractures of the tibial plateau are severe injuries, accounting for 5–8% of all fractures of the lower leg. The most frequent reasons for these injuries are falls, traffic accidents and sports trauma.

The tibia, also called the shin bone, is one of the two bones in your lower leg. It’s the second-longest bone in your body after your thigh bone. The tibia is paired with a shorter leg bone called the ...