Fractures of the talus are uncommon injuries that can have devastating consequences. The blood supply to the talus is tenuous and injuries are associated with a higher incidence of avascular necrosis and malunion. Talar neck fractures are the most common fractures. This review looks at the different types of fractures of the talus, particularly focusing on talar neck fractures. The diagnosis an...

osteochondroma or exostosis is the most common benign bone tumor, and occurring frequently in the proximal humerus, tibia, and distal femur. it rarely affects talus. osteochondroma of talus is a very rare etiology of tarsal tunnel syndrome (tts). we report a rare case of extensive osteochondroma of the talus in a 60 year old female presenting with multiple swellings around the ankle and symptom...

BACKGROUND Osteochondral lesions of the talus are relatively uncommon but may be a cause of significant pain and disability in symptomatic patients. HYPOTHESIS Arthroscopic treatment of osteochondral lesions of the talus will result in good long-term clinical outcomes in the majority of patients. STUDY DESIGN Case series; Level of evidence, 4. METHODS Fifty patients with chronic osteochon...

The reported incidence of osteosarcoma of the foot is very low. Osteosarcoma of the talus is extremely rare and few cases have been reported in the literature. The clinical findings are not typical, and osteosarcoma of the talus can be easily misdiagnosed, resulting in a delay in proper treatment. We report the case of a patient with osteosarcoma of the talus, from a series of 120 osteosarcomas...

Address for Correspondence: Dr Gaurav Agnihotri, Associate Professor, Department of Anatomy, Government Medical College, Amritsar, Punjab, India. Mobile:09815542792. E-Mail: [email protected]. Introduction: The Talus is the keystone of the human tarsus and is the weight bearing bone which is often recovered intact.It is vital for sex, race, age and sex determination. Aims: The present stu...

BACKGROUND Open total extrusion of the talus without concomitant fracture is an extremely rare injury. We present 6-year follow-up data of a patient treated using a temporary spanning external fixator and less invasive single K-wire fixation. CASE PRESENTATION A 55-year-old Asian man who had a totally extruded talus without fracture underwent immediate reimplantation surgery. A spanning exter...

Open hindfoot injuries result from high-energy trauma and include soft tissue disruption, joint dislocations, with possible chondral and osseous injuries. The term “total talus dislocation”, is an uncommon open hindfoot injury associated with talar extrusion. However, a total talus dislocation without extrusion has not been reported. This case presents an open hindfoot injury with dislocations ...

Complete dislocation of the talus not accompanied by a fracture is a very rare injury. The injury is encountered as a closed one even more rarely. Reviewing the literature we found that proposed treatments for total talus dislocation varied from primary talectomy or arthodesis (to avoid complications) to closed reduction and an under knee cast. Most importantly, there was no agreement among aut...

Osteo-articular tuberculosis continues to be a major global pandemic, with its greatest impact in the third-world countries. Among osteo-articular tuberculosis, plantar localisation, particularly isolated involvement of the talus is an extremely rare event. We discuss the case of a 20-year-old male diagnosed with isolated tuberculosis of right talus without the radiological involvement of the d...

Aneurysmal bone cyst (ABC), a locally benign aggressive lytic lesion of either primary or secondary origin, seldom involves the talus. Herein, we present a 25-year-old man with recurrent ABC of the talus after curettage and bone grafting, which was managed by total resection followed by filling the defect using fibular graft and finally tibiotalocalcaneal arthrodesis due to articular surface in...