Common names:
- Broken Shin Bone
- Broken Tibia
- Fractured Shin Bone
- Fractured Tibia
- Shin Bone Fracture
- Tibia Fracture
- Tibial Fracture
A person with a tibia fracture has broken the shin bone.
Types of tibia fracture include:
- Tibial stress fracture:
- Hairline fracture in the outer layer of the tibia bone
- Often do not show up on plain x-ray (need a bone scan)
- Tibial plateau fracture:
- Common in children
- This fracture occurs in the upper tibia at the knee
- Nondisplaced fracture of the tibia:
- Fractured pieces line up correctly
- Comminuted fracture of the tibia:
- Fractures that result in more than two pieces of broken bone
- Fractures of the tibia and fibula
- Open fractures of the tibia
- Broken bones pierce through the skin
- The most severe form of tibia fracture
