The Diagnosis, Management and Complications Associated with Fractures of the Talus

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...

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Autores principales: J.R, Barnett, MA, Ahmad, W, Khan, A., O’ Gorman
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Bentham Open 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5481613/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28694883
http://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1874325001711010460
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description 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 and management are discussed as well as the complications.
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spelling pubmed-54816132017-07-10 The Diagnosis, Management and Complications Associated with Fractures of the Talus J.R, Barnett MA, Ahmad W, Khan A., O’ Gorman Open Orthop J Article 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 and management are discussed as well as the complications. Bentham Open 2017-05-31 /pmc/articles/PMC5481613/ /pubmed/28694883 http://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1874325001711010460 Text en © 2017 Barnett et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License (CC-BY 4.0), a copy of which is available at: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode. This license permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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