Case Report

The treatment of talar body fractures with compression screws: a case series

Ayhan Kilic, Yavuz Kabukcuoglu and Sami Sokucu

Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Taksim Education and Research Hospital, Siraselviler Street No: 112, Postal code: 34433, Beyoglu, Istanbul, Turkey

Cases Journal 2009, 2:7953doi:10.4076/1757-1626-2-7953

Published:	10 June 2009

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.