Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . There are 3 distinct fracture patterns that affect the base of the fifth metatarsal. Unfortunately, the ...

Jones fractures are named after Sir Robert Jones, an orthopedic surgeon who in 1902 reported on his own injury and the injuries of several people he treated. A Jones fracture is a break between the ...

The fifth metatarsal is the long bone on the outer edge of the foot that connects to your smallest toe, sometimes called the pinky toe. You have five metatarsals in your foot. Each metatarsal connects ...

Background: Metatarsal fractures are among the most common foot and ankle injuries, with an annual incidence of 6.7 per 100 000 persons. Approximately 30% of metatarsal fractures affect the base of ...

What does the image show? The case image shows a Jones fracture within the cortex near the base of the 5th metatarsal bone (Note: this is not a dancer’s fracture). The metal foreign body was from a ...

A Jones fracture is a break in a bone on the outside of the foot, in the fifth metatarsal. This is the long bone on the outside of the foot that connects to the smallest toe. A Jones fracture is a ...

Correspondence to Gino M Kerkhoffs, Academic Medical Centre, Orthopaedic Surgery, Meibergdreef 9, Amsterdam 1100 DD, Netherlands; g.m.kerkhoffs{at}amc.nl The purpose of this study was to evaluate the ...

Metatarsals are the five long bones in the forefoot which connect the ankle bones to those of the toes. The first is linked to the big toe and the fifth, on the outer foot, links to the little toe.

A fifth metatarsal fracture or broken fifth metatarsal requires immediate diagnosis. This is a common foot injury that occurs many times due to a separate injury in the foot that requires the patient ...