Editing Dot-decimal notation (section)

==Medicine==
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Toe bones or [[phalanges of the foot]].
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Dot-decimal notation is also used to describe illnesses in a language-neutral way. For instance, the [[AO Foundation]]/[[Orthopaedic Trauma Association]] (AO/OTA) classification generates numeric codes for describing [[broken toe]]s.<ref name=halprox/> They run '''88'''[meaning a fracture of the [[phalanges]]]'''.'''[number-code of toe, with the big toe=1 and the little toe=5]'''.'''[number-code of phalanx, counting 1-3 outwards from the foot]'''.'''[number-code of location on the bone, with 1 being the inner end, 3 the outer, and 2 in-between].<ref name=halprox/> So, for instance, '''88.5.3.2''' means a fracture to the little toe's outermost bone, in the center.<ref name=halprox>{{cite journal |last1=Godoy-Santos |first1=AL |last2=Giordano |first2=V |last3=Cesar |first3=C |last4=Sposeto |first4=RB |last5=Bitar |first5=RC |last6=Wajnsztejn |first6=A |last7=Sakaki |first7=MH |last8=Fernandes |first8=TD |title=Hallux Proximal Phalanx Fracture in Adults: An Overlooked Diagnosis |journal=Acta Ortopedica Brasileira |date=November 2020 |volume=28 |issue=6 |pages=318–322 |doi=10.1590/1413-785220202806236612 |pmid=33328790 |pmc=7723381 }}</ref> There are other classifications for other fractures and dislocations.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Meinberg |first1=EG |last2=Agel |first2=J |last3=Roberts |first3=CS |last4=Karam |first4=MD |last5=Kellam |first5=JF |title=Fracture and Dislocation Classification Compendium-2018 |journal=Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma |date=January 2018 |volume=32 Suppl 1 |pages=S1–S170 |doi=10.1097/BOT.0000000000001063 |pmid=29256945|s2cid=39138324 }}</ref>