"Fibula" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
The bone of the lower leg lateral to and smaller than the tibia. In proportion to its length, it is the most slender of the long bones.
| Descriptor ID |
D005360
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A02.835.232.043.650.321
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1996 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2000 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Fibula" by people in Profiles.
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Bilateral proximal third fibular stress fractures in an adolescent female track athlete. Orthopedics. 2002 Mar; 25(3):329-32.
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Iatrogenic lumbar spondylolisthesis: treatment by anterior fibular and iliac arthrodesis. J Spinal Disord. 2000 Aug; 13(4):309-18.
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Humeral shaft nonunions treated with fibular allograft and compression plating. Am J Orthop (Belle Mead NJ). 2000 Jan; 29(1):45-7.
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Tibial stress fracture after a graft has been obtained from the fibula. A report of five cases. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 1996 Aug; 78(8):1248-51.