Foot and Ankle Trauma
A 38-year-old female presents following a twisting injury to her foot after missing a step on stairs. She reports severe medial midfoot pain and inability to weight-bear. Physical examination reveals dorsomedial midfoot swelling, point tenderness over the medial cuneiform, and pain with passive forefoot supination. Plain radiographs show a medial cuneiform fracture with 3mm displacement and suspected widening between the 1st and 2nd metatarsal bases. CT scan confirms an intra-articular fracture involving the tarsometatarsal joint and demonstrates a 2mm diastasis at the Lisfranc joint. Regarding cuneiform fractures:
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The medial cuneiform is the most commonly fractured cuneiform bone due to its large size and role as...
Cuneiform fractures are associated with Lisfranc injuries in 30-40% of cases, requiring weight-beari...
All cuneiform fractures should be treated conservatively with non-weight-bearing cast immobilization...
ORIF of displaced cuneiform fractures requires anatomic reduction and rigid fixation to restore midf...
The intermediate cuneiform is the smallest of the three cuneiforms and acts as a "keystone" bone in ...
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