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A 28-year-old male asked:
What is the definition or description of: foot fracture?
3 doctor answers • 4 doctors weighed in
Dr. Rhett Griggsanswered
Hand Surgery 21 years experience
Foot: Fracture from the talus to the phalanges and the tarsal and metatarsal bones between.
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Dr. Arnold Bereshanswered
Podiatry 43 years experience
See below: It is an injury to one or more of the bones of the foot causing disruption of the cortex (outer covering ) of the bone.
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Dr. Payam Rafatanswered
Podiatry 24 years experience
Broken bone.: A foot fracture is a break in any of the bones in the foot.
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Last updated Sep 28, 2016
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