Talk:Fibula

The page Fibula should be a disambiguation page, leading to Fibula (archaeology) (now Fibulae and ancient brooches) and Fibula (anatomy) (now Fibula). Seem like a good idea? --Wetman 21:24, 4 September 2006 (UTC) your resources are all wrong!!!Reply

The external link "Fibular fractures" actually leads to a general page with no details on fibula. Suggest either deleting it or getting a more specific URL.

• I could sure use that information. I fractured my fibula almost a month ago and would like to know as much as possible about tips to aid the healing process while I'm recovering at home with my leg in a cast. BobCubTAC (talk) 07:21, 12 April 2008 (U

I want to know why the fibula doesn't obey the law of ossification?

This section describing a surgical technique, and not the Fibula itself, comes from https://wiki.uiowa.edu/display/protocols/Osteocutaneous+Fibula+Free+Flap with no attribution. I have deleted it entirely. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Astaines (talk • contribs) 18:06, 3 June 2014 (UTC)Reply

Back when it was still Discovery Health Channel, there was a show about a runner who ended up destroying the blood supply to the heads of his femurs. The condition he had would likely not have been a problem until very late in life if he hadn't been running for exercise every day. That was fixed via an operation that took the center sections of his fibulas and inserted them into holes drilled into the femur heads, ending just short of the ball surface. The main veins and arteries to the fibula sections were kept attached, re-routed up through his thighs. The operation saved him from needing a double hip joint replacement, he could still walk and run but mostly switched to riding a bicycle for exercise. From that it appears as if the fibula in humans is mostly a vestigial bone as the upper end isn't in the knee joint and the lower end only has a minor function in the ankle joint. Bizzybody (talk) 20:08, 4 July 2012 (UTC)Reply

Unnecessary to have two separate articles. The 'head' article is short and easily merged. This benefits readers because the content is on one page, and future readers because a single edit can affect more content. Tom (LT) (talk) 09:23, 5 April 2015 (UTC)Reply

As above. No need to make things difficult by readers or arrange our pages per Gray's Anatomy 1918 edition. Tom (LT) (talk) 09:24, 5 April 2015 (UTC)Reply

The "Blood supply" section launches into surgical procedures without actually describing the blood supply itself - the first sentence is "The blood supply is important for planning free tissue transfer because the fibula is commonly used to reconstruct the mandible." Could this be clarified to first discuss the structure of the blood supply, then possibly discuss implications for surgery? I would have a go at it myself, but I don't have a medical background (I do have a fibula, which is why I'm reading this page) so I might do more harm than good in trying. Kenahoo (talk) 22:46, 28 June 2022 (UTC)Reply