Acute fractures of medial and lateral great toe sesamoids in an athlete.
We report a case of acute fracture of both sesamoids of the great toe in an athlete. The fractures healed uneventfully after non-surgical treatment.
Mouhsine
Elyazid
E
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois, 1011 Lausanne, Switzerland, elyazid.mouhsine@hosr.hospvd.ch
Leyvraz
Pierre François
PF
Borens
Olivier
O
Ribordy
Michel
M
Arlettaz
Yvan
Y
Garofalo
Raffaele
R
D000328:Adult; D001265:Athletic Injuries / Q000150:complications; D002370:Casts, Surgical; D050723:Fractures, Bone / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008683:Metatarsophalangeal Joint / Q000293:injuries*; D019637:Orthopedic Procedures / Q000295:instrumentation; D012716:Sesamoid Bones / Q000293:injuries; D014034:Toes