Foot Disorders
A 24-year-old professional soccer player presents with gradual onset lateral foot pain over 3 weeks. He describes increased training intensity before the season. Examination reveals tenderness over the proximal fifth metatarsal with pain on resisted eversion. X-rays show a transverse fracture line at the junction of the diaphysis and metaphysis of the fifth metatarsal. MRI confirms a stress fracture with surrounding bone marrow edema. The team physician discusses the classification, nonunion risk, and whether surgical fixation would allow faster return to sport. Regarding metatarsal stress fractures:
Mark each as TRUE or FALSE
The SECOND METATARSAL is the most common site of metatarsal stress fracture (often called "march fra...
Fifth metatarsal has THREE ZONES: ZONE 1 (tuberosity avulsion - peroneus brevis/lateral band); ZONE ...
The FOURTH metatarsal is the most common stress fracture site; fifth metatarsal has only ONE zone; J...
JONES FRACTURE (Zone 2) treatment: In ATHLETES, primary INTRAMEDULLARY SCREW fixation is recommended...
ZONE 1 tuberosity fractures have excellent healing potential (metaphyseal blood supply) and are trea...
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