Anish Mahajan, the chief medical officer, said Woods shattered tibia and fibula bones on his right leg in multiple locations. Those were stabilized by a rod in the tibia. He said a combination of ...

The leg bones, particularly the femur, tibia, and fibula, can be affected by various types of bone cancer, each presenting with characteristic symptoms.

Dr. Anish Mahajan, the chief medical officer at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, said Woods shattered the tibia and fibula bones of his lower right leg in multiple locations.

Woods also suffered injuries to the bones in his right foot and ankle, which were stabilized using screws and pins, and to muscle and soft-tissue in the leg. Mahajan said doctors had to surgically ...

Woods, 45, sustained “open fractures affecting both the upper and lower portions of the tibia and fibula,” Mahajan said. Surgeons stabilized Woods’ leg bones by inserting a rod into the tibia.

The fibula is one of two long bones of the lower leg, along with the tibia, or shin bone. The fibula forms the top of the ankle and reaches to the back of the knee.

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