Foot & Ankle International· 1996Q1
Analysis of Failed Surgical Management of Fractures of the Base of the Fifth Metatarsal Distal to the Tuberosity: The Jones Fracture
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Short summary
Surgical management of Jones fractures failed in 11 patients, with refracture being the most common complication (7/11). Specific technical errors, such as using non-standard screws for intramedullary fixation or undersized grafts/incomplete reaming for bone grafts, correlated with failure.
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Key points
- 11 patients experienced failure after surgical Jones fracture management.
- Refracture occurred in 7 of the 11 failed cases.
- Intramedullary screw fixation failures were associated with non-standard screw sizes.
- Bone graft failures were linked to undersized grafts and incomplete canal reaming.
- Early return to vigorous activity is suspected in delayed union and refracture.
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Abstract
Failure of surgical management of fractures of the base of the fifth metatarsal distal to the tuberosity is uncommon. Only one such failure has been reported in the literature to date. The purpose of this article is to present the clinical course of 11 patients with failure of surgically managed jones fractures reviewed by the senior author (J.S.T.). Surgical management was complicated by delayed union in three patients, refracture in seven patients, and nonunion in one patient. The 11 procedures were divided between two established techniques: (1) intramedullary screw fixation (N = 6) and (2) inlaid corticocancellous bone graft (N = 5). In the six intramedullary fixation procedures, using other than a 4.5-mm ASIF malleolar screw for internal fixation correlated with failure. In the five inlaid bone graft procedures, undersized corticocancellous grafts and incomplete reaming of the medullary canal correlated with failure. Also, after both procedures, early return to vigorous physical activity is believed to have played a role in delayed union and refracture.
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