Can Jones fracture be treated conservatively?:

Foot & Ankle Orthopaedics

RajivShah¹ 

关键词: Jones fracture;    conservative management;    Below knee plaster cast;    Clinical union;    Radiological union;   

DOI  :  10.1177/2473011418S00432

学科分类：医学（综合）

来源: Sage Journals

【 摘 要 】

Category:Midfoot/ForefootIntroduction/Purpose:Operative management is the treatment of choice for Jones fracture. Situations are fought where operative management may not be possible or may not be accepted. Such situations being more common in developing countries, clinicians are forced to undertake conservative management. Pertain to this, many questions are still unanswered. Can conservative management succeed? If so, what should be the protocol? What all could be the possible complications? And how to overcome them? To answer all these questions, we undertook a study to evaluate results of conservative management of Jones fracture. The purpose of this study was also to suggest conservative management guidelines.Methods:Retrospective analysis of 32 conservatively treated Jones fracture cases over period of two years was done with average follow up of nine months. Only cases included were those between the ages of 20 to 50 years, not willing for operative management. Cases in the same age group, willing ...

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