Your talus bone is the bottom part of the ankle joint. It connects your foot to the two bones in your lower leg — the tibia and fibula — that make up the top part of the ankle. The talus lies just ...

Fractures of the body of the talus encompass a wide variety of injuries and account for over 25% of all injuries to the talus. [22] No classification scheme categorizes them with clinical significance ...

Your hands and feet are made up of dozens of little bones that all work together to allow you to perform everyday activities. If just one of these bones is injured or damaged, regular tasks can become ...

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 ...

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 ...