• Archangel@lemm.ee
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    22 hours ago

    I would assume it was pulverized in whatever accident required the pins to be installed. What’s more surprising than why it’s missing, is why they didn’t replace that section of bone with anything, while they were operating the 1st time.

    • assassinatedbyCIA@lemmy.world
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      12 hours ago

      Fibula does very little. While orthopods love drilling bones it probably isn’t worth fixing that part of the fibula and wasting thousands of dollars in expensive plates.