Jones Fracture
Jones Fracture : proximal diaphysis of the 5th metatarsal, distal to the tuberosity, without joint involvement. Sir Robert Jones (1857-1933) described 1902
Category Orthopaedics
Robert Jones
Sir Robert Jones (1857-1933) was a Welsh General and Orthopaedic Surgeon and part time Roentgenologist. Eponym: Jones fracture (1902)
Renzo Corno
Renzo Corno Montini (1927 - 1965) was an Italian pediatric orthopedic surgeon. Corno's disease; familial form of Sprengel's deformity.
Maurice David Sachs
Maurice David Sachs (1909-1987) was an American radiologist who worked with Harold Arthur Hill (1901-1973). Eponym: Hill-Sachs lesion (1940)
Chopart fracture dislocation
Dislocation of the foot through the talonavicular and the calcaneocuboid joints (Chopart joint) with associated fractures. François Chopart
Lorenz Böhler
Lorenz Böhler (1885-1973) Austrian Physician and Surgeon. Eponymously associated with Böhler angle – a measurement on a lateral foot x-ray to determine calcaneal injuries
Ruth Wynne-Davies
Ruth Wynne-Davies (1926 – 2012) was an English orthopedic surgeon and geneticist. Wynne-Davies Criteria for Ligamentous Laxity (1970)
Fritz de Quervain
Fritz de Quervain (1868 – 1940) was an Swiss surgeon. He described the chronic tendonitis that bears his name (De Quervain disease)
Wynne-Davies Ligamentous Laxity
Wynne-Davies Ligamentous Laxity Criteria (1970) by Edinburgh orthopedic surgeon Ruth Wynne-Davies (1926 - 2012)
Smith fracture
Smith fracture: Extra-articular fracture of the distal radius with associated palmar angulation of the distal fracture fragment. (1847)
Walther Müller
Walther Müller (1888–1949) was a German orthopedic surgeon. Known for Müller-Weiss disease, a complex idiopathic foot condition
Jean-Gaspard Blaise Goyrand
Jean-Gaspard Blaise Goyrand (1803 – 1866) was a French surgeon. Eponym: Goyrand Fracture (France - 1832) Smith fracture, wrist fracture