Reduction and immobilization displaced fractures should not be delayed. As conditions allow, open reduction with stable internal fixation must rapidly follow initial management to limit further insult ...

Treatment of open fractures of the talus has traditionally been complicated by a high incidence of infection, and excision of the talus has been recommended to decrease that risk. Two studies ...

Located in areas of the foot that can be hard to visualize with X-rays and other imaging techniques, injuries to the ankle area of the foot are the most frequently misdiagnosed of all foot fractures.

A bone fracture is a crack or break in a bone. Bone fractures usually result from a high force impact or stress. People with osteoporosis or bone cancer may experience a fracture with very little ...

Eight years after Hawkins' description of talar neck fractures, Canale and Kelly [20] reported a type IV fracture -- a displaced talar neck fracture with either dislocation or subluxation of all three ...