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A member asked:
Where do doctors press on to check for peripheral edema? is it medial malleolus or tibia?
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Press: The medial malleolus is the and of the tibia so you're talking about the same bone.
Answered 4/29/2013
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Edema : Medial malleolus is part of the tibia bone usually its the tibia bone in the front of the leg the " shin area ".
Answered 5/9/2013
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Edema: Most doctors will press both side and front to test for pitting edema and will check the pedal pulses.
Answered 9/29/2016
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