title: Painful nonunion of fracture of the entire posterior process of the talus: a case report.
abstract: We report a 14-year-old boy in whom isolated nonunion fracture of the posterior process of the talus. He underwent surgical repair with Herbert Whipple screw fixation and plaster immobilization. Osseous union was achieved 3 months after surgery, resulting in the resolution of symptoms and complete functional recovery. To our knowledge, the present report is the first to describe a successful outcome for surgical treatment of painful nonunion of fracture of the entire posterior process of the talus.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Osaka Police Hospital, Tennoji-ku, Osaka 543-0035, Japan. tsuyoshi244nakai@yahoo.co.jp
authors.forename: Tsuyoshi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nakai
authors.forename: Ryoji
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Murao
authors.forename: Ko
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Temporin
authors.forename: Masaaki
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kakiuchi
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001863:Bone Screws; D005593:Fracture Fixation, Internal / Q000379:methods*; D005599:Fractures, Ununited / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013628:Talus / Q000293:injuries*; D016896:Treatment Outcome