title: The crushed foot.
abstract: Crush-type injuries are potentially serious, and the foot is particularly vulnerable. Despite this, they are often inappropriately dismissed as trivial when first seen. This tendency to underestimate the severity of the injury is reinforced by unimpressive radiographic findings. Poor initial management may have significant physical and medicolegal implications. Four recently treated cases illustrate the covert severity of crush injuries to the foot.
authors.affiliation: Fracture Clinic, Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast, UK.
authors.forename: I N
authors.initials: IN
authors.lastname: Mawhinney
authors.forename: G F
authors.initials: GF
authors.lastname: McCoy
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D018409:Foot Injuries / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged