title: [Follow-up of metatarsal fractures--treated with pressure bandage and weight bearing].
abstract: We constructed a follow-up study of 61 patients, who had been treated for a simple metatarsal fracture in the A & E department two to three years earlier. All patients were treated with pressure bandage for three weeks and full weight bearing, no plaster was given. Forty-nine patients filled in a questionnaire and 37 patients, with 41 metatarsal fractures, were examined clinically and radiologically. The patients had pain for a median of 10 days and were walking with full weightbearing after a median of 21 days. Two percent (one patient) found the treatment not satisfactory. There were no clinical signs of malfunctioning of the feet. Of the fractures, 51% were avulsion fractures of the 5th metatarsal, 27% were fractures of the distal diaphysis of the 5th metatarsal, 10% were Jones' fractures and 12% other metatarsal fractures. All fractures healed without further treatment. We recommend pressure bandage and full weight bearing as first choice treatment of simple metatarsal fracture (2nd-5th metatarsal).
authors.affiliation: Ortopaedkirurgisk afdeling, Amtssygehuset i Gentofte.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Prynø
authors.forename: D P
authors.initials: DP
authors.lastname: Pedersen
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001458:Bandages; D003718:Denmark; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005592:Fracture Fixation / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008684:Metatarsus / Q000293:injuries*; D008875:Middle Aged; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D016474:Weight-Bearing
vernacular_title: Opfølgning af metatarsfrakturer--behandlet med blød bandage og fuld vaegtbelastning.