Image Diagnosis: Foot Fractures

Image diagnosis: foot fractures.

Diagnosis and Management of Common Foot Fractures.

Foot fractures are among the most common foot injuries evaluated by primary care physicians. They most often involve the metatarsals and toes. Patients typically present with varying signs and symptoms, the most common being pain and trouble with ambulation. Diagnosis requires radiographic evaluation, although emerging evidence demonstrates that ultrasonography may be just as accurate. Manageme...

Image diagnosis: foot pain and fever.

William C Krauss, MD, FACEP, is an Emergency Medicine Physician at the San Diego Medical Center in CA. E-mail: [email protected]. A 59-year-old man with a history of poorly controlled type II diabetes and hypertension presented to the Emergency Department complaining of 5 hours of severe right foot pain and drainage from the plantar surface. He denied trauma or inciting injury. The patien...

Image diagnosis: ankle fractures and dislocations.

Sundeep r Bhat, MD, is an Emergency Medicine Resident in the Stanford/Kaiser Emergency Medicine Residency Program. E-mail: [email protected]. Gus M Garmel, MD, fACEP, fAAEM, is a Senior Emergency Medicine Physician at the Santa Clara Medical Center. He is also the Co-Program Director of the Stanford/Kaiser Emergency Medicine Residency Program, and an Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine (...

Stress fractures of the foot and ankle.

Stress fractures occur as a result of microscopic injuries sustained when bone is subjected to repeated submaximal stresses. Overtime, with repeated cycles of loading, accumulation of such injuries can lead to macro-structural failure and frank fracture. There are numerous stress fractures about the foot and ankle of which a trauma and orthopaedic surgeon should be aware. These include: metatar...