Open AccessPost‐traumatic missing talus: Staged allograft interposition and fusion. Should we fuse the “talo‐navicular” joint?
Author(s) -
Kitridis Dimitrios,
Lampridis Vasileios,
Rigkos Dimitrios,
Savvidis Ioannis,
Georgiannos Dimitrios,
Bisbinas Ilias
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
clinical case reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.21
H-Index - 9
ISSN - 2050-0904
DOI - 10.1002/ccr3.6328
Subject(s) - medicine , sequela , surgery , severe trauma
Complete talar dislocation—extrusion is an uncommon sequela of high‐energy trauma. When the talus is unavailable for reimplantation, a staged treatment plan with the use (a) of an antibiotic cement spacer, followed by (b) tibiotalocalcaneal fusion with bone allograft interposition, may ensure a good clinical outcome.