Fifth metatarsal fractures and current treatment

Metatarsal fractures are one of the most common injuries of the foot. There has been conflicting literature on management of fifth metatarsal fractures due to inconsistency with respect to classification of these fractures. This article provides a thorough review of fifth metatarsal fractures with e...

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Autores principales: Bowes, Julia, Buckley, Richard
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Baishideng Publishing Group Inc 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5155254/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28032031
http://dx.doi.org/10.5312/wjo.v7.i12.793
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description Metatarsal fractures are one of the most common injuries of the foot. There has been conflicting literature on management of fifth metatarsal fractures due to inconsistency with respect to classification of these fractures. This article provides a thorough review of fifth metatarsal fractures with examination of relevant literature to describe the management of fifth metatarsal fractures especially the proximal fracture. A description of nonoperative and operative management for fifth metatarsal fractures according to anatomical region is provided.
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spelling pubmed-51552542016-12-29 Fifth metatarsal fractures and current treatment Bowes, Julia Buckley, Richard World J Orthop Minireviews Metatarsal fractures are one of the most common injuries of the foot. There has been conflicting literature on management of fifth metatarsal fractures due to inconsistency with respect to classification of these fractures. This article provides a thorough review of fifth metatarsal fractures with examination of relevant literature to describe the management of fifth metatarsal fractures especially the proximal fracture. A description of nonoperative and operative management for fifth metatarsal fractures according to anatomical region is provided. Baishideng Publishing Group Inc 2016-12-18 /pmc/articles/PMC5155254/ /pubmed/28032031 http://dx.doi.org/10.5312/wjo.v7.i12.793 Text en ©The Author(s) 2016. Published by Baishideng Publishing Group Inc. All rights reserved. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This article is an open-access article which was selected by an in-house editor and fully peer-reviewed by external reviewers. It is distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited and the use is non-commercial.
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