PURPOSE To review outcome of early reimplantation for open total talar extrusion in 7 patients. METHODS Medical records of 5 men and 2 women aged 19 to 53 years who underwent reimplantation for open total talar extrusion within 6 hours after road traffic accident (n= 6) or industrial injury (n=1) were reviewed. The talus was first irrigated with 9 to 10 litres of saline solution, followed by ...

BACKGROUND Osteochondral lesions of the talus (OLTs) are amongst the most common foot and ankle disorders. Varus ankle malalignment causes stress concentration on medial side of the joint, resulting in OLTs and osteoarthritis. For large symptomatic OLTs (>10 mm), Osteochondral autograft transplantation is usually recommended. This article highlights biplanar distal tibial osteotomy as an approa...

Arthroscopy of the ankle with micro-fracture technique is one way to initially treat symptomatic talar dome lesions. Human amniotic allograft has been used in similar bone, soft tissue and cartilage defects to aid in healing of tissue using graft cells that have not differentiated into a particular cell line. Patients were taken from the primary surgeon’s practice to include those who had under...

Twenty-two displaced talar neck fractures were treated by open reduction and internal fixation. Four open fractures were operated within 8 hours and 18 closed injuries were treated at an average interval of 13.8 hours after injury. Fractures were classified according to Hawkins' classification into 14 type II, 7 type III and 1 type IV. At an average follow up of 4.4 years, 18 cases obtained exc...

Bilateral fractures of the talus can be considered extremely rare. The appropriate treatment suggested by most experts includes permanent anatomical reduction with fixation. Open surgical approaches to the hindfoot can be associated with major complications. Some of these complications include vascular damage, soft tissue and surgical wound-healing problems due to the poor blood supply to the p...