Outside of twisting motion, it usually takes quite a bit of force to fracture the talus, which may occur due to falls from great heights or from head-on car accidents. Older people have a higher ...

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The os trigonum is one of the largest and most common accessory ossicles in the ankle and foot region, located posterior to the lateral tubercle of posterior process of talus, with an estimated ...