Journal of Foot and Ankle Surgery
Volume 49, Issue 2 , Pages 212-213 , March 2010

An Unusual Injury to the First Metatarsophalangeal Joint

  • Niall P. Breen

      Affiliations

    • Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast, UK
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Niall P. Breen, Royal Victoria Hospital, Department of Trauma and Orthopaedics, Grosvenor Rd, Belfast, United Kingdom.
    • ,
  • Alistair Wilson

      Affiliations

    • Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast, UK

References 

  1. Brown TIS. Avulsion fracture of the fibular sesamoid in association with dorsal dislocation of the metatarsophalyngeal joint of the hallux. Clin Orthop. 1980;149:229–231
  2. Richardson EG. Injuries to the hallucal sesamoids in the athlete. Foot Ankle Feb. 1987;7(4):229–244
  3. Blundell CM, Nicholson P, Blackney MW. Percutaneous screw fixation for fractures of the sesamoid bones of the hallux. J Bone Joint Surg Br Nov. 2002;84(8):1138–1141

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PII: S1067-2516(09)00523-7

doi: 10.1053/j.jfas.2009.12.008

Journal of Foot and Ankle Surgery
Volume 49, Issue 2 , Pages 212-213 , March 2010

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