title: The treatment of talar body fractures with compression screws: a case series.
abstract: Fractures of talar body are rare and serious injuries and frequently seen in multiply injured and polytraumatised patients. The high variability of talar fractures, their relatively low incidence together with the high percentage of concomitant injuries makes treatment of these injuries a challenge to the surgeon.We treated three patients with talus body fracture and multiple articular fractures of the distal tibia. The patients were male, aged 36, 34 and 40 years. All cases were treated by open reduction and internal fixation. All the fractures were united during an average follow-up of 13 months and there were neither non-union nor collapses due to avascular necrosis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Taksim Education and Research Hospital Siraselviler Street No: 112, Postal code: 34433, Beyoglu, Istanbul Turkey. kilicayhan@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Ayhan
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kilic
authors.forename: Yavuz
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kabukcuoglu
authors.forename: Sami
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sokucu