re: Chad Jones in serious car accident

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believe there was significant artery damage and that is why there were reports of a possible amputation. Then he had comminuted fractures of both the tibia and fibula. So I could see 8 hours. But it seems that he made it out with established blood flow so that is a good sign.

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That is a great sign. good blood flow will be the key to minimizing his risk for post op infection. I would like to know how they repaired his leg. Sounds like they may have used external fixation on those fractures.

This will be along road to recovery. I want to wish him the best and I will certainly continue to pray for him but I can't help but think of Tyrone Prothro when I hear that the Tib and Fib are broken. That is really a bad injury and difficult to recover from when the recovery you speak of means getting back to an NFL caliber athelete.

I wish him well.

EA just said a nice piece on chad

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I want to wish him the best and I will certainly continue to pray for him but I can't help but think of Tyrone Prothro when I hear that the Tib and Fib are broken

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Prothro didn't break both. He snapped his tibia in half and damaged nerves and ligaments in his ankle. But yes, I thought of Tyrone Prothro's injury and him never walking right again for sure. So sad that just an instant can change your life.

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Prothro didn't break both. He snapped his tibia in half and damaged nerves and ligaments in his ankle. But yes, I thought of Tyrone Prothro's injury and him never walking right again for sure. So sad that just an instant can change your life.

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I thought he broke both.

It is sad to see this happen to a kid that was doing everything right. He was very talented and I hope he makes it back.

I think Prothro also had an infection that set him way back in the healing process so we can hope and pray that Chad doesn't get any type of infection and maybe he will fully recover.

thanks

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all depends on where...if its near the ankle and there is capsular damage it will be a much bigger deal

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Both are serious in different ways. A lot less blood flow about 8-10 cm below the tibial plateau.

Any injury involving the ankle results in tremendous weakness of the entire leg. Also, usually a lot of chronic pain associated with ankle injuries.

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I thought he broke both.

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Any serious tibia fracture will also have the fibula broken. They are tied together. The fib is a thin, relatively fragile bone and non-weightbearing. They really never surgerize it, just line it up close and let it heal whereever it lies.

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Any serious tibia fracture will also have the fibula broken. They are tied together. The fib is a thin, relatively fragile bone and non-weightbearing. They really never surgerize it, just line it up close and let it heal whereever it lies

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They are actually just connected to one another by the interosseous membrane which is thought to dissipate energy across the bones in order to prevent risk of fracture. The radius and ulna have a similar structure that goes by the same name.

If both the Tib andFIb are broken usually only the Tib is repaired. If Fib only is broken is is usually repaired with the placement of syndesmosis screws that allow for fixation of the Fibula to the Tibia.

Fibula repaired with plate and screws. Notice the syndesmosis screw going from the fibula into the tibia for fixation. This prevents rotation of the fibula and increases healing.

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I would consider the syndesmotic screw more of an ankle mortise repair

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I wouldn't