Some key issues concerning fractures of foot and ankle

As everyone knows, foot and ankle play a decisive role in human activities. In the recent ten years, management of lesions of foot and ankle has drawn increasing attention and interest of orthopedic scholars so that great progress has been made in this field, but there have still been many controversial issues. This review gives a brief introduction of the most up to date development and problems in the research of foot and ankle fractures, and also suggests some basic principles in treating such fractures.