title: An isolated dorso-medial dislocation of navicular bone: A case report.
abstract: An isolated dislocation of tarsal navicular is extremely rare injury. Usually it is associated with fracture of navicular itself or other tarsal bones of foot along with disruption of medial or lateral column of foot. Mechanism of injury is complex but usually a severe abduction force is required to produce such injury in a planter flexed foot. A 30 year old male presented with isolated navicular dislocation. Management required open reduction and fixation with k-wires. These injuries have specific complications including avascular necrosis of navicular and post-traumatic arthritis.
authors.affiliation: Senior Resident, Central Institute of Orthopedics, VMMC and Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi 110029, India.
authors.forename: Varun Kumar
authors.initials: VK
authors.lastname: Singh
authors.affiliation: Assistant Professor, Central Institute of Orthopedics, VMMC and Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi 110029, India.
authors.forename: Abhishek
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kashyap
authors.affiliation: Senior Resident, Central Institute of Orthopedics, VMMC and Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi 110029, India.
authors.forename: Gauresh
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Vargaonkar
authors.affiliation: Professor, Central Institute of Orthopedics, VMMC and Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi 110029, India.
authors.forename: Ramesh
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kumar
keywords: Fixation; Isolated navicular dislocation; Reduction