A combined proximal and distal dislocation of two adjacent metatarsals: double floating metatarsal bones (second-third)
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Treatment of Ankle Osteoarthritis with Total Ankle Replacement Through a Lateral Transfibular Approach
Published on: January 24, 2018
A Christodoulou1, A Ploumis, I Terzidis
1Orthopaedic Department, Hippokration General Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece. anachris@med.auth.gr
Abstract:
A rare foot injury consisting of an irreducible, closed combined distal and proximal articulation dislocation of two adjacent metatarsals (second and third), called a "double floating metatarsal," was encountered in a 29-year-old man. The anatomy, mechanism of injury, and sequence of the surgical procedure are presented and discussed.
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