Open reduction and internal fixation of high-grade fractures of the talar neck can be challenging. The preoperative assessment includes planning the surgical approach, the reduction, and the ...

Medically reviewed by Jennifer Steinhoff, MD Commonly referred to as the heel bone, the calcaneus is the bone in the heel of the foot. This bone helps support the foot and is important in normal ...

Eight years after Hawkins' description of talar neck fractures, Canale and Kelly [20] reported a type IV fracture -- a displaced talar neck fracture with either dislocation or subluxation of all ...