Total Dislocation of the Talus without a Fracture. Open or Closed Treatment? Report of Two Cases and Review of the Literature
K.C. Xarchas*, I.G Psillakis, K.J Kazakos, S Pelekas, A.N Ververidis, D.A VerettasOrthopaedic Department, Democritus University of Thrace Medical School, Alexandroupolis, Greece
Abstract
Complete dislocation of the talus not accompanied by a fracture is a very rare injury. The injury is encountered as a closed one even more rarely. Reviewing the literature we found that proposed treatments for total talus dislocation varied from primary talectomy or arthodesis (to avoid complications) to closed reduction and an under knee cast. Most importantly, there was no agreement among authors about the method of reduction (open/closed). We report our experience with two cases of closed total talus dislocation not accompanied by a fracture, and review the literature to retrieve evidence on whether a closed or open treatment should be preferred for this type of injury.
Keywords: Talus, total dislocation, treatment.
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Received Date: 27/5/2009
Revision Received Date: 10/6/2009
Acceptance Date: 11/6/2009
Electronic publication date: 3/7/2009
Collection year: 2009
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