Multiple floating metatarsals： a unique injury

作     者：Vivek Trikha Tarun Goyal Amit K. Agarwal 

作者机构：Department of Orthopaedics Jai Prakash Narayan Apex Trauma Centre All India Institute of Medical Sciences New Delhi 110029 India 

出 版 物：《Chinese Journal of Traumatology》 (中华创伤杂志（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2013年第16卷第2期

页      面：110-112页

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学科分类：10[医学] 

主　　题：Metatarsal bones Metatarsophalangealjoint Wounds and injuries 

摘      要：Concomitant dislocation of the tar- sometatarsal and metatarsophalangeal joints of foot is an extremely rare injury. Such injuries presenting in a single or adjacent dual rays have been described in few cases previously. We describe such an injury in adjacent three metatarsals of a polytrauma patient. These injuries are likely to be missed in the initial assessment of a polytrauma patient. These patients are at risk of an overlooked diagnosis but the consequences of missing this type of injury may be quite severe. This case is presented in view of its unique- ness along with possible mechanism of injury, the sequence of reduction and follow-up. Knowledge of such injury and its proper management may be useful to the trauma surgeons