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 ...

Background Proximal fifth metatarsal stress fractures (so called Jones fractures) usually occur due to chronic repetitive forces. Soccer players on the status of incomplete fracture don't complain ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . TORONTO — Team physicians who treat high-level athletes with fifth metatarsal fractures, ones that are in zone 2 ...

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 ...

This week we are going to discuss the foot, more specifically the fifth metatarsal or the long bone attaching to the pinky toe. The fifth metatarsal has several areas of injury which can be extremely ...

I’ve been running for 40 years. I recently saw a local orthopaedic surgeon for a sudden pain I had on the outside of my left foot. He said I have a fracture of the proximal fifth metatarsal bone and I ...

1 Department of Surgery, Division of Orthopaedic Surgery, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA 2 Department of Community and Family Medicine, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA Correspondence to: Professor ...

The patient presents with a proximal fifth metatarsal fracture at the metaphyseal-diaphyseal junction, otherwise known as a Jones fracture. A Jones fracture is a “can’t miss fracture” that must be ...

Brook Lopez, the Brooklyn Nets' 7-foot center, is reportedly in a walking boot after undergoing his third foot surgery in two years, this time to replace the bent hardware stabilizing his right fifth ...

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 ...