This 13-year-old girl sustained a "Jones" fracture playing basketball and was treated nonoperatively. A) Initial x-ray shows minimal displacement. B) At 3 months, there is residual lucency, but the patient is asymptomatic. C) At 6 months, consolidation is still delayed but patient remains asymptomatic.
Reproduced with permission from: Jarvis JG, Moroz PJ. Fractures and Dislocations of the Foot. In: Rockwood and Wilkins' Fractures in Children, 6th ed, Beaty JH, Kasser JR (Eds), Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Philadelphia 2006. Copyright © 2006 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.
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