Digital foot trauma: emergency diagnosis and treatment.
Trauma to the foot is commonly seen in the emergency setting. An accurate diagnosis and step-wise management is appropriate. Although most injuries respond to aggressive non-surgical treatment, surgical intervention may be required for an unstable or a displaced fracture, particularly of the first metatarsophalangeal joint.
Schnaue-Constantouris
Eileen M
EM
Catholic Medical Center of Brooklyn & Queens, Jamaica, New York, USA.
Birrer
Richard B
RB
Grisafi
Patrick J
PJ
Dellacorte
Michael P
MP
D050723:Fractures, Bone / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D004204:Joint Dislocations / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D008683:Metatarsophalangeal Joint / Q000293:injuries*; D009262:Nails / Q000293:injuries; D013165:Splints; D014034:Toes / Q000293:injuries*