lis franc

Lis Franc

Jacques LisFranc De St-Martin (1790 - 1847)

General Surgeon in Napoleonic army

High energy

1. Twisting / Abduction injury of forefoot

- original description is fall from horse with foot caught in stirrups

- MVA

2. Axial Loading

- DM > 10 years

- chronic hyperglycaemia

- impaired vision or joint mobility

- lack education

- increasing age

- previous amputation

- blood flow

- soft tissue envelope

- deformities / Charcot collapse

- sensation

- contractures - Achilles tendon, knee, toe