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| Dorlands/Elsevier | l_09/12490167 |
The lisfranc ligament is a ligament which connects the base of the medial cuneiform to the base of the 2nd metatarsal. Elsevier, the world's largest Publisher of Medical and Scientific literature, forms part of the Reed Elsevier group The medial cuneiform (also known as first cuneiform) is the largest of the cuneiforms. The metatarsus consists of the five long Bones of the Foot, which are numbered from the medial side ( ossa metatarsalia I In 20% of people there are two bands of this ligament (dorsal and plantar). It is injured or disrupted in the lisfranc fracture. The Lisfranc fracture is a fracture and dislocation of the joints in the midfoot where a cluster of small bones forms an arch on top of the foot between the ankle and the toes
Eponym
The ligament and the fracture are named after the Napoleonic army surgeon, Jacques Lisfranc de St. Martin. Jacques Lisfranc de St Martin ( April 2 1790 - May 13 1847) was a pioneering French Surgeon and Gynecologist. [1]
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