Summary We present a case of stress fracture of the talus in a 24-year-old woman with a bilateral incomplete talo-calcaneal coalition who had been experiencing a continuous pain in her left hindfoot during sport activity. The radiographs of her foot and ankle did not identify any injusry, ...
The symptoms were moderately alleviated after the screw was removed from the posterior articular surface of subtalar joint and local debridement with soft tissue releasing. All patients did not undergo secondary repair surgery such as fracture revision and joint fusion. Typical cases are shown in Figs...
Most patients with talocalcaneal coalition have no symptoms, and thus generally require no treatment [ 4 , 9 , 12 鈥 16 ]. However, several authors have reported that restriction of the subtalar joint increases mechanical stress on the talocrural joint, which may lead to disruptions of the ...