title: Radiology of acute foot injuries.
abstract: Many traumatic foot injuries can be adequately managed clinically without the use of imaging, even in the presence of metatarsal or phalangeal fractures. However, plain radiographs remain the first-line investigation for traumatic injury to the foot.
authors.affiliation: Radiology Department, East Lancashire Hospital NHS Trust, Blackburn, Lancashire, UK.
authors.forename: A D
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Gummow
authors.forename: S H M
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Khan
mesh_terms: D005528:Foot / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D018409:Foot Injuries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D050723:Fractures, Bone / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D011859:Radiography