Dr. Damien Dauphinee, a board-certified foot and ankle surgeon, and Dr. Raafae Hussain, fellowship trained foot and ankle surgeon, highlight a surgical technique that they use to fixate Jone fractures.

 QUOTES:

“I tell them if it’s good apposition and you can stay off of it, we can definitely try conservative, but more often than not, these fractures are gapped just on the mechanism of how they're pulled. Their tendon’s pulling one way. Their foot’s pulling the opposite way. There’s typically a gap there and we typically end up fixing these surgically.” - Dr. Raafae Hussain [03:51]

“Not only is the tendon attachment working against you, but it’s just hard to keep people to stay off their foot.” - Dr. Damien Dauphinee [04:15]

Top Takeaways:

• What qualifies as a Jones fracture
• How the Pod Doctors treat Jones fracture

What You Will Learn:

• [00:40] Intro
• [02:08] A recap of what Jones fracture
• [05:26] How Dr. Hussain treats a patient’s Jones fracture
• [16:52] Recovery
• [17:37] Bad outcomes do happen
• [20:03] Outro

Resources:

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Book Mentioned: Saving Limbs, Saving Lives: Advanced Treatments for Preventing Amputations in Diabetic Populations by Dr. Damien Dauphinee

Revisit our episode on Jones fracture: https://poddoctors.podbean.com/e/the-poddoctors-jones-fractures/