Sesamoid Bone Blocking Fracture Reduction in Traumatic Injury of First Metatarsal
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We describe a patient who sustained an extra-articular, oblique and angulated first metatarsal fracture. The medial hallucal sesamoid bone was subsequently found to have entered the fracture gap preventing reduction. We describe treatment of this rare injury with a successful outcome.
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دوره 80 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2011