Citation

Ayoglu N, Afacan MY, Ozsahin MK, Seker A. Cureus 2023; 15(5): e39659.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2023, Curēus)

DOI

10.7759/cureus.39659

PMID

37388589

PMCID

PMC10306349

Abstract

Metatarsal bone fractures are one of the most frequent foot injuries, especially after motor vehicle accidents in children. This case report briefly demonstrated a rare instance of pediatric all-metatarsal fractures of the left foot in an adolescent patient with polytrauma after a motorcycle accident. This case report illustrated the surgical procedure's potential for healing pediatric foot fractures in teenage patients after polytrauma. In the examination of a 16-year-old male patient brought to the emergency department after a motorcycle accident, we detected a right foot third finger proximal phalanx open fracture, right foot fourth finger proximal phalanx fracture, left foot first metatarsal proximal fracture, left foot second, third, fourth, and fifth metatarsal distal fractures, left foot cuboid, and navicular bone fractures. The patient's left foot's metatarsals were all fractured. The posterolateral wall fracture of the patient's right maxilla was also detected. All metatarsals were displaced, the second metatarsal paired with the third, etc., and because of this displacement, the closed reduction was impossible, and even the open reduction was challenging to reach the correct pairs. We performed closed reduction and fixation with Kirschner wire for the left foot's first metatarsal fracture and open reduction and fixation with Kirschner wire for the left foot's second, third, and fourth metatarsal distal fractures. We also performed closed reduction and fixation with Kirschner wire for the right foot third and fourth proximal phalanx fractures. We observed callus formation in the sixth week and removed the patient's K-wires. At eight weeks, the X-ray demonstrated the correct alignment of all metatarsals. The proper alignment of all metatarsals and the full range of motion of all foot and ankle joints were achieved with early surgical intervention, open reduction, and timely rehabilitation. This case also emphasizes the importance of open reduction in such irreducible and heavily displaced cases of multiple fractures as all-metatarsal fractures and contributes to the literature with a specific treatment modality in the case of all-metatarsal fractures lacking in the literature.

Language: en

Keywords

adolescence polytraumatic bone fractures; closed reduction; distal metatarsal fracture; first metatarsal proximal fracture; importance of surgery; k-wire fixation; metatarsal fractures; motorcycle accident; open reduction; satisfactory recovery potential