BACKGROUND: Treatment of fibular hemimelia includes either Syme or Boyd amputation with early prosthetic fitting or tibial lengthening. Numerous studies have documented the success of both procedures.

T.C. Roberson High School junior Emma Roberts recently was named to the USA Paralympic National Swim Team just months after ...

When she was born, doctors said she was missing a fibula and had a rare condition called fibular hemimelia. "I knew I would never give up because I always wanted to keep going and I always wanted ...

The double-amputee runner — who was born with fibular hemimelia, a condition that prevents the lower limbs from developing properly — won bronze in the same event at the 2020 Paralympic Games ...

Jessica was born in Siberia with fibular hemimelia, missing most of the bones in her lower legs and feet. Adopted from a Russian orphanage at thirteen months, Jessica came to America where her ...

Feels fast" Woodhall was born with fibular hemimelia. It is a condition that prevents the lower limbs from developing properly. At just 11 months, he underwent his first amputation, and doctors ...

Jessica was born in Siberia with fibular hemimelia, missing most of the bones in her lower legs and feet. Adopted from a Russian orphanage at thirteen months, Jessica came to America where her ...