The Foot
Volume 20, Issue 1 , Pages 39-41 , March 2010

Talar neck fracture with talar head dislocation and intact ankle and subtalar joints—A rare case report

  • Lokesh A. Veerappa

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    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: House No. 38, 3rd Cross, I Stage, III Block, Nagarabhavi, Bangalore 560072, Karnataka, India. Tel.: +91 80 23391441/+91 9845740443 (mobile).
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  • Chetan Gopalkrishna

Received 29 September 2008 ,Revised 9 October 2009 ,Accepted 10 December 2009.

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PII: S0958-2592(09)00111-4

doi: 10.1016/j.foot.2009.12.001

The Foot
Volume 20, Issue 1 , Pages 39-41 , March 2010

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