There are many different kinds of surgical emergencies. There are also a few that can occur in the foot and ankle. One such emergency happened to a player yesterday in the New York Jets vs Oakland Raiders game. Leon Washington, the Jets running back, suffered an open fracture of his fibula. Open fractures occur when bone can be visible or breaks through the skin. This actually happened to him right on the field. Some of the players had seen the bone visible through the skin. The fibula is one of the two smaller bones in the lower leg.
With open fractures, the area that has been exposed has an increase chance of an infection. In order to prevent this, the wounds are usually taken care of in the Operating Room or Emergency Room. The broken bones are also fixed at this time. Sometimes if there is a delay in treatment, it may require multiple surgeries.
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