Year: 2002
Type: article
Study design: Case Report
Abstract: We experienced a rare case of a plantar fracture-dislocation of the tarsal navicular.A 69-year-old man was treated with cast fixation for three weeks at another hospital without dislocation of the navicular being noticed. He visited our hospital two months after the injury. X-rays and MRI showed a plantar-dislocation and osteo-necrosis of the navicular. We performed an open reduction and fixation with Kirschner wires. Nine months after treatment, X-rays showed increased sclerotic change at the navicular, and arthropathy at the talo-navicular and cuneo-navicular joints. However, X-rays did not show collapse of the navicular after the operation, and he is making satisfactory progress.
Source: Orthopedics & Traumatology
Authors: Noriaki Miyata, Hirofumi Inoue, Naoko Shibata, Kenichi Kidera, Michinori Yamashita, Kenji Yamada, Tsukasa Teramoto
Institution: Oita Prefectural Hospital
Language: English
Topic: Foot and Ankle Surgery
Subfield: Orthopedics and Sports Medicine
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W2331663846