Surgical Outcomes of Os Trigonum Syndrome in Dancers: A Case Series

Os Trigonum Syndrome

Surgical management of os trigonum and talar spur in sportsmen.

The os trigonum is present in 7.7% (Basmajian 1975) of .............. the population and may be unilateral or bilateral. It is a developmental anomaly, an accessory bone behind the l talus and above the calcaneum. Generally it is of no significance. It may however cause trouble, in jumping, ballet and fast bowling where impulsive plantar flexion while weight-bearing is involved. It then behaves...

Fracture of the os trigonum: a case report.

The os trigonum is an inconsistently present accessory bone of the foot situated at the posterolateral aspect of the talus. It may be radiographically confused with fractures of the posterior process of the talus. Fracture of the os trigonum per se is extremely rare. Hyperplantarflexion of the ankle is the mechanism of injury in which the os trigonum is compressed between the posterior malleolu...

The os trigonum.

In I 882 Shepherd reported three cases of fracture of the posterior process of the talus, which he had found while working in the dissecting room. In each case the fragment of hone consisted of the posterior part of the tubercle of the talus lateral to the groove for the tendon of the flexor hallucis longus, and had attached to it the posterior fasciculus of the lateral ligament of the ankle jo...

an unusual os trigonum syndrome case secondary to car accident: a case report

conclusions the os trigonum syndrome should take in consideration in elderly subject who had posterior ankle pain starting after a car accident. case presentation a 62-year-old female patient was admitted with load depended ankle pain and swelling, lasting for five years which promptly started after a car accident. we incidentally discovered os trigonum on plain radiography on a lateral view of...