Open AccessUnclassified talar neck fracture
Author(s) -
John Duncan,
Simon R.A. Ghalayini,
David Knowles
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
morecambe bay medical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2634-0631
pISSN - 1466-707X
DOI - 10.48037/mbmj.v5i3.377
Subject(s) - medicine , fracture (geology) , general surgery , orthodontics , surgery , geology , geotechnical engineering
Talar neck fractures are serious injuries associated with morbidity as a consequence of high energy impact. The Hawkins classification has been used to distinguish different types. John Duncan and colleagues, orthopaedic surgeons at the Royal Lancaster Infirmary, describe a rare variant of a talar neck fracture that does not fit the Hawkins classification and which to their knowledge has only been described twice before.