Sunday, 3 June 2012

posterior ankle pain- painful os trigonum

Patient presents with posterior ankle pain. Sharp Plantar flexion and external rotation causes pain . Xray confirms a large fused os trigonum and MRI shows the associated inflammation
 A local injection can be used to confirm the same.
traetment involves  hindfoot scopy and excision of both the synovitis and os trigonum

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