The patient is a 48 year-old man with a history of hypothyroidism, obesity (BMI 35), hepatitis B and tobacco use who suffered a midshaft, right tibia-fibula fracture while roller blading 5 months ...

Tibial shaft fractures have an incidence of 16.9 per 100,000 people per year. Men aged 10 to 20 years tend to sustain these fractures, whereas women aged 20 to 30 years tend to sustain these injuries.