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Broken Talus bone / crushed sub-talar joint 3-Apr-2008 At 7:42:29 AM dougal
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http://footandankle.mdmercy.com/conditions/trauma/fractures_talus.html

The section (with photos) regarding AVN is helpful. A bone scan at an earlier stage may suggest whether or not your talus has developed AVN but an MRI could be even more productive. An xray is also a very INsensitive test. But most post op checks only use these. Without other scans you simply don't know how things are progressing. Much medical protocol is still to cast first, wait and fix any problem subsequently regardless of type of fracture or developing/lack of developing complications chosing instead to adopt a worse case scenario for every case and immobilise for extended periods. If things are fine then no reason not to get out of a cast into a brace with minimal mob much earlier potentially speeding things up and improving your short and long term prognosis. In many cases the effusion/swelling and adhesion/sticking of the joint which develops as a result of the injury and healing process is delt with far too late. This can be treated very early using a replacable cast. This is something I have seen more of in the states and europe but not here.

Hope this helps.

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