• BACKGROUND AND AIM OF WORK
    • Total traumatic extrusion of talus with interruption of all ligaments (missing talus) is a very rare injury. We represent the case of a 44-years-old male who reported total extrusion of talus and Lisfranc dislocation after a motorbike accident. This rare injury has a wide choice of treatment but usually there is not a successful functional restore.
  • METHODS
    • We decided to treat the patient with an immediate reimplantation of extruded talus using 3 Kirschner wires and antibiotic therapy. We performed a temporary fixation of talus with calcaneus, tibia and scaphoid.
  • RESULTS
    • Usually, this kind of injuries are treated with a tibiocalcaneal arthrodesis and show common complications such as avascular necrosis and infection. Against our expectations we managed to treat successfully our patient.
  • CONCLUSIONS
    • After 5 years of follow up the patient reported good clinical outcomes without performing arthrodesis and recording major complications.