The survival rate 5 years after ascites develops is only 30-40% and it is important that the patient and doctor discuss a referral to a liver specialist and a liver transplant center.
If the fractured bone does not break through the skin, it is called a closed fracture. Several types of fractures can occur to the forefoot bone on the side of the little toe (fifth metatarsal). Ballet dancers may break this bone during a misstep or fall from a pointe position. An ankle-twisting injury may tear the tendon that attaches to this bone and pull a small piece of the bone away.
1 In the foot-the first metatarsal bone usually has two sesamoid bones at its connection to the big toe (both within the tendon of flexor hallucis brevis). 2  One is found on the lateral side of the first metatarsal while the other is found on the medial side.esamoid bones over the metatarsophalangeal joint of the great toe of the left foot of an adult woman. 1  In the neck-Although the hyoid bone is free floating, it is not technically a sesamoid bone. 2  In the ear-the lenticular process of incus is a sesamoid bone and therefore is considered the fourth ossicle of middle ear.