talar neck fracture

Talar neck fractures

Epidemiology

 

Second most common  hindfoot after calcaneal fractures

 

Aetiology

 

Aviators Astragalus

 

Fall from height

- hyper-dorsiflexion injury

- neck of talus strikes the anterior tibia

 

Anatomy

 

More than half surface covered by articular cartilage

- medial articular wall straight

- lateral articular wall curves posteriorly