An unusual case of traumatic injury to the first metatarsal a case report

Tinghui Xiao; Hanjun Qin; Peizhi Deng; Jiandong Lin; Siying He; Xiaoming Zhang; Xinjia Hu

Heliyon (May 2024)

An unusual case of traumatic injury to the first metatarsal a case report

Tinghui Xiao,
Hanjun Qin,
Peizhi Deng,
Jiandong Lin,
Siying He,
Xiaoming Zhang,
Xinjia Hu

Affiliations

Tinghui Xiao: Department of Traumatic Orthopedics, Shenzhen People's Hospital (The Second Clinical Medical College of Jinan University, The First Affiliated Hospital of Southern University of Science and Technology), Shenzhen, China; Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Musculoskeletal Tissue Reconstruction and Function Restoration, Shenzhen, China
Hanjun Qin: Department of Traumatic Orthopedics, Shenzhen People's Hospital (The Second Clinical Medical College of Jinan University, The First Affiliated Hospital of Southern University of Science and Technology), Shenzhen, China; Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Musculoskeletal Tissue Reconstruction and Function Restoration, Shenzhen, China
Peizhi Deng: Department of Traumatic Orthopedics, Shenzhen People's Hospital (The Second Clinical Medical College of Jinan University, The First Affiliated Hospital of Southern University of Science and Technology), Shenzhen, China; Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Musculoskeletal Tissue Reconstruction and Function Restoration, Shenzhen, China
Jiandong Lin: Department of Traumatic Orthopedics, Shenzhen People's Hospital (The Second Clinical Medical College of Jinan University, The First Affiliated Hospital of Southern University of Science and Technology), Shenzhen, China; Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Musculoskeletal Tissue Reconstruction and Function Restoration, Shenzhen, China
Siying He: Department of Traumatic Orthopedics, Shenzhen People's Hospital (The Second Clinical Medical College of Jinan University, The First Affiliated Hospital of Southern University of Science and Technology), Shenzhen, China; Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Musculoskeletal Tissue Reconstruction and Function Restoration, Shenzhen, China
Xiaoming Zhang: Department of Traumatic Orthopedics, Shenzhen People's Hospital (The Second Clinical Medical College of Jinan University, The First Affiliated Hospital of Southern University of Science and Technology), Shenzhen, China; Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Musculoskeletal Tissue Reconstruction and Function Restoration, Shenzhen, China
Xinjia Hu: Department of Traumatic Orthopedics, Shenzhen People's Hospital (The Second Clinical Medical College of Jinan University, The First Affiliated Hospital of Southern University of Science and Technology), Shenzhen, China; Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Musculoskeletal Tissue Reconstruction and Function Restoration, Shenzhen, China; Corresponding author. Department of Traumatic orthopedics, Shenzhen People's Hospital Shenzhen, 518035, China

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 10, no. 9
p. e30040

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A 44-year-old male sustained trauma to his foot leading to a 5-cm defect of the first metatarsal bone and infection of the bone by Staphylococcus aureus. Osteotomy is the most suitable method for treating large metatarsal defects complicated with osteomyelitis, however few reports have been published on this challenging approach. In this case, osteotomy and external fixation for distraction were performed. Finally, the osteomyelitis of the patient was well controlled, the bone length was restored, and the patient could carry weight completely, and the treatment effect was satisfactory.

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ISSN: 2405-8440 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science: Science (General); Social Sciences: Social sciences (General)
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