Open AccessOld nutcracker fracture of cuboid
Author(s) -
Guangrong Yu,
Tao Yu,
Yunfeng Yang,
Feng Yuan
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
indian journal of orthopaedics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.434
H-Index - 33
eISSN - 1998-3727
pISSN - 0019-5413
DOI - 10.4103/0019-5413.111513
Subject(s) - cuboid , medicine , radiography , foot (prosody) , orthodontics , surgery , geometry , linguistics , philosophy , mathematics
Nutcracker fractures of the cuboid (compressed) are rare and often missed at an initial visit. We report a 21-year-old patient presented with a 9 months old cuboid fracture. He presented with a localized pain around his left foot. Radiograph revealed the shortening of the lateral column with old cuboid fracture. The lateral column of foot was reconstructed. The patient remained symptom-free and no radiographic evidence of recurrence was observed 1 year postsurgery.