Furthermore, a study assessing the reliability of fifth metatarsal fracture classifications found that while there is moderate agreement on traditional classifications, a newer two-zone system ...

In all types of fractures, including avulsion fractures, Jones fracture and stress fractures, the orientation of the fracture line and apophyseal line is quite different and almost always ...

You will be able to get a quick price and instant permission to reuse the content in many different ways. Calcaneal fracture is the most common fractured tarsal bone. The mechanism of injury is axial ...

A Jones fracture is a fracture at the base of 5th metatarsal (the long bone on the outside of the foot). These fractures commonly occur from twisting forces on the foot and can occur suddenly with an ...

She had increased her walking activities a couple of weeks before the pain started. On clinical examination, there was a marked swelling and painful area on the second metatarsal. Plain radiographs ...

Allograft will have a more difficult time healing and is subject to stress fracture with time. Lamm B. Percutaneous distraction osteogenesis for the treatment of brachymetatarsia. J Foot Ankle Surg.