Talus lesions that can be mistaken for ankle sprains
Abstract
There are ankle injuries that can give similar symptoms and clinical sprained ankle ,to not being one of these. These lesions resemble ankle sprains, usually occur in young patients and are due to lesions in the talus. Among the most common injuries in the talus syndromes are pinching or compression, fractures and osteochondritis dissecans. Osteochondritis dissecans of the talus was first described in 1888 by Konig as loose bodies in the knee joint by spontaneous bone necrosis, since then, has been studied and classified by various authors as Berdnt and Harty in 1959. For these lesions are different conservative treatments and surgical techniques if needed. Among the most widely used for the treatment of osteochondritis dissecans of the talus surgical techniques are arthrotomy and arthroscopy.
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