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Holden was sidelined until May 9 following surgery to insert a plate to cover the fracture in his right fibia.
Nigel De Jong Cut After ANOTHER Vicious Challenge (VIDEO) The Huffington Post News Team 2010
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Holden was sidelined until May 9 following surgery to insert a plate to cover the fracture in his right fibia.
Nigel De Jong Cut After ANOTHER Vicious Challenge (VIDEO) AP/Huffington Post 2010
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Holden was sidelined until May 9 following surgery to insert a plate to cover the fracture in his right fibia.
Nigel De Jong Cut After ANOTHER Vicious Challenge (VIDEO) The Huffington Post News Team 2010
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He's the same in training and there's no malice in Nigel de Jong - Man City assistant Brian Kidd defends his Dutch midfielder after breaking Hatem Ben Arfa's fibia and tibula in a tackle.
Another humiliating defeat Sean Ingle 2010
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Crescendo started at the toes, tightly rolling up the toes, metatarsals, ankles, fibia, tibia until agony began to dim the eyes; at the edge of endurance the fleshy pink began to emerge from shredded, bleeding throat, slip-sliding in heaving, crushing gusts.
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Breaking my tibia and fibia 5 months ago when I was playing football (non-yank) for my college team, I was petrified and fearing I would lose my leg. 3 months left of rehabilitation before I can start kicking a ball again, scary times those.
EXTRALIFE – By Scott Johnson - Tonight’s Podcast: SCARY! 2006
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• Shorter skis can lower the leverage on legs and help prevent tibia and fibia breaks.
The Guardian World News Chris Moran 2011
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Holden had a two-hour operation Saturday in the Manchester, England, area, during which doctors inserted a plate to cover the fracture in his right fibia, the U.S.
Brownsville Herald : THE ASSOCIATED PRESS 2010
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He's had bone bruises caused by the femur banging into the tibia/fibia area-it's like taking the shock absorbers off your car and driving down a cobblestone road.
Baseball Prospectus 2010
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Just a reminder: if you try this at home, don't send me the x-rays of your fractured fibia.
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