Effect of Weight-Bearing in Conservative and Operative Management of Fractures of the Base of the Fifth Metatarsal Bone

Table 1

Patient separation.

	Late weight-bearing (40)		Early weight-bearing (46)
	Conservative Tx (20); 23.3%	Operative Tx (20); 23.3%	Conservative Tx (24); 27.9%	Operative Tx (22); 25.6%
Mean age/male/female
Treatment initiation (days)
Operation (days)	-	3.8	-
Cast apply (days)
Cast off (weeks)
Crutch use (weeks)