Your hands and feet are made up of dozens of little bones that all work together to allow you to perform everyday activities. If just one of these bones is injured or damaged, regular tasks can become ...

Loss of a blood supply does not condemn the fracture to a poor outcome. [30] Avascular bone is painless and does not prevent eventual union of the fracture. Symptoms arise when segmental collapse of ...

Your talus bone is the bottom part of the ankle joint. It connects your foot to the two bones in your lower leg — the tibia and fibula — that make up the top part of the ankle. The talus lies just ...

The talus is the part ankle that allows the foot to move in all different directions. High impact injuries like falls, or traffic accidents can cause the talus bone to be fractured, and a high ...

Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the Patient Specific Talus Spacer 3D-printed talus implant for humanitarian use. The Patient Specific Talus Spacer is the first in the world and ...

Reduction and immobilization displaced fractures should not be delayed. As conditions allow, open reduction with stable internal fixation must rapidly follow initial management to limit further insult ...