Lisfranc Fractures

The Lisfranc injury is named after the French surgeon Jacques Lisfranc, a field surgeon  in Napoleon's army. 

The original injury described by Lisfranc usually occurred when a soldier fell from his horse, but his foot did not release from the stirrup

Mechanism

• Direct: blow or crush
• Indirect: e.g. windsurfer
• RTA's are most common cause accounting for 30-60% of all cases
• Crush injuries
• Falls from ground level with or without twisting injuries
• Falls form height

80% of these injuries occur in multiply injured patients