title: Neglected isolated plantar dislocation of middle cuneiform: a case report.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Four cases of plantar dislocation of middle cuneiform have been reported in the english literature. All of them were fresh cases and treated with open reduction. We are reporting a case of neglected plantar dislocation of middle cuneiform which was treated with excision.
  
  
  METHODS
  A farmer presented with a painful plantar dislocation of middle cuneiform bone after 9 months of injury. The bone was deformed and was excised by a plantar incision. It resulted in painless foot with no disability.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The neglected plantar dislocated middle cuneiform bone becomes deformed due to repeated weight bearing. The gap gets filled with Fibrous tissue. Excision of the cuneiform gives good results.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Central Institute of Orthopaedics, Vardhaman Mahavir Medical College and associated Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi-29, India. ashuverm24@rediffmail.com <ashuverm24@rediffmail.com>
authors.forename: Ashu
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Verma
authors.forename: Vinod Kumar
authors.initials: VK
authors.lastname: Sharma
authors.forename: Sumit
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Batra
authors.forename: Mahender Singh
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Rohria
mesh_terms: D005530:Foot Deformities / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D033023:Foot Joints / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D004204:Joint Dislocations / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013639:Tarsal Bones; D016474:Weight-Bearing