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Lisfranc injury

Etymology:

Definition:

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.

A Lisfranc injury, also known as Lisfranc fracture, is an injury of the bones or ligaments in the midfoot in which one or more of the metatarsal bones are displaced from the tarsus.

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