Lisfrance

Lisfranc injuries

HistoryLis Franc

Jacques LisFranc De St-Martin (1790 - 1847)

General Surgeon in Napoleonic army

 

Mechanism

 

High energy

 

1.  Twisting / Abduction injury of forefoot

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

- MVA

 

2.  Axial Loading