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Fractures and Dislocations of the Foot

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Ninety percent of all fractures of the foot occur in the metatarsals and phalanges. However, fractures of the tarsal bones are rare and have an incidence of about 4%.

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  1. Department of Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgery, Olgahospital Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany

    Francisco Fernandez Fernandez

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  1. Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre, University of Oxford, Windmill Road, Oxford, OX3 7LD, United Kingdom

    Michael Benson

  2. Sick Children, Great Ormond Street Hospital for, Greater Ormond Street, London, WC1N 3JH, United Kingdom

    John Fixsen

  3. Orthopaedic Hospital, Princess Margaret Rose, Frogston Road West 41-43, Edinburgh, EH10 7ED, United Kingdom

    Malcolm Macnicol

  4. Orthopädie, Olgahospital, Bismarckstr. 8, Stuttgart, 70176, Germany

    Klausdieter Parsch

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Fernandez, F.F. (2010). Fractures and Dislocations of the Foot. In: Benson, M., Fixsen, J., Macnicol, M., Parsch, K. (eds) Children's Orthopaedics and Fractures. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-84882-611-3_51

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