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Orthopaedics
Talus Fractures (AO Based)
Built from AO Surgery Reference: Orthopedic Trauma, Adult Trauma (AO Foundation)
What’s inside
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Overview
- Introduction
- Why the talus is an unusual bone
- Why the talus is an unusual bone
- Blood supply and surgical anatomy
- Sources of talar blood supply
- Sources of talar blood supply
- Blood supply and the choice of approach
- Blood supply and the choice of approach
- Mechanism and assessment
- Mechanism of injury
- Mechanism of injury
- Imaging of talar fractures
- Imaging of talar fractures
- Role of CT
- Role of CT
- Os trigonum versus process fracture
- Os trigonum versus process fracture
- Classification
- AO/OTA codes: talar neck
- AO/OTA codes: body and processes
- AO/OTA type tree for the talus
- Fracture types as drawn by AO
- Hawkins classification of neck fractures
- Hawkins classification of neck fractures
- Hawkins type and osteonecrosis risk
- Hawkins type and osteonecrosis risk
- Severity of talar body fractures
- Severity of talar body fractures
- Talar neck fractures
- Undisplaced neck fractures
- Treatment options: talar neck
- Treatment options: talar neck
- Decision logic: talar neck fractures
- Decision logic: talar neck fractures
- Emergency closed reduction
- Emergency closed reduction
- Closed reduction technique
- Closed reduction technique
- Closed reduction by Hawkins type
- Closed reduction by Hawkins type
- Surgical approaches
- Approaches to the talus
- Approaches to the talus
- Approaches to the talus (continued)
- Approaches to the talus (continued)
- Anterolateral approach
- Anterolateral approach
- Anteromedial approach
- Anteromedial approach
- Medial malleolar osteotomy
- Medial malleolar osteotomy
- Lateral malleolar osteotomy
- Lateral malleolar osteotomy
- Posteromedial versus posterolateral approach
- Posteromedial versus posterolateral approach
- Fixation of displaced neck fractures
- Open reduction of the talar neck
- Open reduction of the talar neck
- Lateral and medial screws in the neck
- Lateral and medial screws in the neck
- Screw fixation: pearls and pitfalls
- Multifragmentary neck: principles
- Multifragmentary neck: principles
- Plate fixation of the multifragmentary neck
- Plate fixation of the multifragmentary neck
- Talar body fractures
- Body fractures: principles
- Body fractures: principles
- Body fractures: approach
- Body fractures: approach
- Body fractures: fixation
- Body fractures: fixation
- Process fractures
- Lateral and posterior process fractures
- Lateral and posterior process fractures
- Decision logic: process fractures
- Screw fixation of a process fracture
- Screw fixation of a process fracture
- Rule of thirds and process pitfalls
- Rule of thirds and process pitfalls
Extruded talus and combined injuries
- Reinsertion of an extruded talus
- Reinsertion of an extruded talus
- Staged care of combined hindfoot injuries
- Staged care of combined hindfoot injuries
Aftercare and complications
- Aftercare by fracture group
- Aftercare by fracture group
- Osteonecrosis and the Hawkins sign
- Osteonecrosis and the Hawkins sign
- Other complications
- Other complications
- Take-home messages
- References (1 of 4)
- References (2 of 4)
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