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A Lisfranc injury, also known as Lisfranc fracture, is an injury of the foot in which one or more of the metatarsal bones are displaced from the tarsus. [1] [2]The injury is named after Jacques Lisfranc de St. Martin, a French surgeon and gynecologist who noticed this fracture pattern amongst cavalrymen in 1815, after the War of the Sixth Coalition.
Jacques Lisfranc de St. Martin (12 April 1787 in Saint-Paul-en-Jarez – 13 May 1847) was a pioneering French surgeon and gynecologist. He pioneered a number of operations including removal of the rectum , lithotomy in women, and amputation of the cervix uteri .
Ladd's procedure William Ladd Upper gastrointestinal surgery: Done for small intestinal malrotation. [1] Lisfranc's amputation: Jacques Lisfranc de St. Martin: Orthopaedic surgery: Partial foot amputation through the tarsometatarsal joint: Lisfranc's amputation at Who Named It? Lord's procedure for haemorrhoids: Peter H. Lord: Colorectal surgery
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Lisfranc fracture, with an increased distance between the medial cuneiform and the second metatarsal. The Lisfranc ligament connects the medial cuneiform bone to the second metatarsal. [2] It is a complex of 3 ligaments: the dorsal Lisfranc ligament, the interosseous Lisfranc ligament, and the plantar Lisfranc ligament. [2] [3]
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