Lisfranc injury

Lisfranc injury
Other namesLisfranc fracture, Lisfranc dislocation, Lisfranc fracture dislocation, tarsometatarsal injury, midfoot injury
An X-ray of a Lisfranc injury
SpecialtyOrthopedics

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.

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.

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