1. Traumatic Dislocation of the Tibialis Posterior Tendon.
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Algazwi, Diyaa Abdul Rauf, Teng, Victor Sheng Yeow, Chongri, Liang, and Hallinan, James Thomas Patrick Decourcy
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INJURIES of the anatomical extremities , *FOOT radiography , *ACHILLES tendon , *ORTHOPEDIC casts , *COMPUTED tomography , *JOINT dislocations , *EDEMA , *FOOT diseases , *FRACTURE fixation , *INTERNAL fixation in fractures , *MAGNETIC resonance imaging , *PHYSICAL therapy , *WOUNDS & injuries ,METATARSUS injuries - Abstract
The article presents case study of an old male truck driver presented to the emergency department with an acute right lower limb injury. It examines that right foot was swollen with ecchymosis and there was a laceration over the Achilles tendon; and initial impression was an Achilles tendon injury with metatarsal fractures. It mentions that Foot radiographs and a subsequent computed tomography (CT) scan showed multiple fractures of the second to fourth metatarsals.
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- 2020
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