Deformity of the talus in posterior tibial tendon dysfunction it is most notably seen at the talonavicular joint in the sagittal plan with multiplanar weight-bearing imaging, according to study ...

Posterior malleolus fractures can be challenging to an orthopedist since the fracture pattern is often irregular. They can ...

Ankle arthritis occurs when the cartilage between your shin bone (tibia) and your top foot bone (talus) wears away. Cartilage is the flexible tissue that cushions your joints and absorbs shock. Loss ...

A 15-year-old female high school athlete with no medical comorbidities presented to our clinic with progressively worsening left ankle pain for 8 months. She had been previously diagnosed at an ...

Takakura et al. [5] suggested that the talus is translated anteriorly due to stretching of the anterior talofibular ligament and chronic lateral instability is caused as a result of anterior ...

2 Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland 3 Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Kantonsspital Liestal, Liestal, Switzerland Objective The osseous ankle configuration ...

Q: My father broke his ankle and they said he needs surgery. Why can’t they just put it in a cast and let it heal on its own? A: The ankle joint is made up of three bones. The tibia (shin bone) and ...

This retrospective study was approved by the institutional review board of Chonnam National University Hospital, and informed consent was obtained from all patients. One hundred and twenty consecutive ...