Nutcracker fracture

{{Short description|Fracture of the cuboid bone of the foot}}

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Nutcracker fracture refers to the comminuted fracture of the cuboid bone of the foot.{{cite journal |last1=Hermel |first1=M. B. |last2=Gershon-Cohen |first2=J. |title=The Nutcracker Fracture of the Cuboid by Indirect Violence |journal=Radiology |date=1 June 1953 |volume=60 |issue=6 |pages=850–854 |doi=10.1148/60.6.850 |pmid=13064390 |url=https://pubs.rsna.org/doi/10.1148/60.6.850 |access-date=8 September 2021 |issn=0033-8419|url-access=subscription }}{{cite journal |last1=Sassine |first1=Tannous Jorge |last2=Terra |first2=Bernardo Barcellos |last3=Giordano |first3=Vincenzo |last4=Ejnisman |first4=Benno |title=Cuboid nutcracker fracture in a 9-year-old child |journal=BMJ Case Reports |date=1 February 2021 |volume=14 |issue=2 |pages=e240441 |doi=10.1136/bcr-2020-240441 |pmid=33541960 |pmc=7868228 |url=https://casereports.bmj.com/content/14/2/e240441 |access-date=8 September 2021 |language=en |issn=1757-790X}}{{cite journal |last1=Yu |first1=Guangrong |last2=Yu |first2=Tao |last3=Yang |first3=Yunfeng |last4=Yuan |first4=Feng |title=Old nutcracker fracture of cuboid |journal=Indian Journal of Orthopaedics |date=2013 |volume=47 |issue=3 |pages=310–312 |doi=10.4103/0019-5413.111513 |pmid=23798765 |issn=0019-5413|pmc=3687911 |doi-access=free }} If treated improperly, it can lead to lateral column shortening and significant pain.{{Cite book |last1=Azar |first1=Frederick M. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oMgQEAAAQBAJ&dq=Nutcracker+fracture+can+lead+to+pain&pg=PA1628 |title=Campbell's Operative Orthopaedics, E-Book |last2=Canale |first2=S. Terry |last3=Beaty |first3=James H. |date=2020-12-23 |publisher=Elsevier Health Sciences |isbn=978-0-323-67219-1 |language=en}} Nutcracker fracture is rare because of the relatively protected position of cuboid in the midfoot.{{cite journal |last1=Lucerna |first1=Alan |last2=Espinosa |first2=James |last3=Butler |first3=Nicholas |last4=Wenke |first4=Ashley |last5=Caltabiano |first5=Nicole |title=Nutcracker Cuboid Fracture: A Case Report and Review |journal=Case Reports in Emergency Medicine |date=3 April 2018 |volume=2018 |pages=1–3 |doi=10.1155/2018/3804642 |pmid=29850286 |pmc=5903328 |language=en|doi-access=free }}

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  • {{cite journal | last1=Ruffing | first1=Thomas | last2=Rückauer | first2=Tilmann | last3=Bludau | first3=Frederic | last4=Hofmann | first4=Alexander | last5=Muhm | first5=Markus | last6=Suda | first6=Arnold J | title=Cuboid nutcracker fracture in children: Management and results | journal=Injury | publisher=Elsevier BV | volume=50 | issue=2 | year=2019 | issn=0020-1383 | doi=10.1016/j.injury.2018.12.021 | pages=607–612 | ref=none}}
  • {{cite journal | last1=Ceroni | first1=Dimitri | last2=Rosa | first2=Vicenzo De | last3=Coulon | first3=Geraldo De | last4=Kaelin | first4=André | title=Cuboid Nutcracker Fracture Due to Horseback Riding in Children | journal=Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics | publisher=Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health) | volume=27 | issue=5 | year=2007 | issn=0271-6798 | doi=10.1097/01.bpb.0000279031.66774.c0 | pages=557–561 | ref=none}}