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 ...

What Is an Avulsion Fracture? An avulsion fracture happens when a ligament or tendon pulls away a small piece of a bone. This usually results from an accident or traumatic injury. Avulsion fractures ...

A fracture is a break or crack in a bone that often results from an injury. With an avulsion fracture, an injury to the bone occurs near where the bone attaches to a tendon or ligament. When the ...

Fractures of the body of the talus encompass a wide variety of injuries and account for over 25% of all injuries to the talus. [22] No classification scheme categorizes them with clinical significance ...

An avulsion fracture happens when a tendon or ligament pulls a small fragment of bone from the main bone. These fractures usually occur near joints, such as in the fingers, hips, feet, and ankles.

Today’s article involves fractures of bone which are caused by a small piece of bone attaching to a tendon and being pulled away from the bone in a type of chunk or chip. This type of fracture is ...

Treatment of open fractures of the talus has traditionally been complicated by a high incidence of infection, and excision of the talus has been recommended to decrease that risk. Two studies ...

In a continuing series, The Athletic breaks down some of the most common football injuries (no pun intended), giving you the lowdown on what exactly it is and what happens after a player picks it up… ...

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 ...

An avulsion fracture occurs when a tendon or ligament that is attached to the bone pulls a piece of the fractured bone off. They can happen anywhere in the body but are most common in the finger, ...