• Dionisios Giannoulis, Dimitrios V Papadopoulos, Marios G Lykissas, Panagiotis Koulouvaris, Ioannis Gkiatas, and Alexandros Mavrodontidis.
• Dionisios Giannoulis, Dimitrios V Papadopoulos, Marios G Lykissas, Ioannis Gkiatas, Alexandros Mavrodontidis, Department of Orthopedics, University Hospital of Ioannina, 45332 Ioannina, Epirus, Greece.
• World J Orthop. 2015 Apr 18; 6 (3): 374-9.

AbstractIsolated subtalar dislocations are unusual injuries due to the inherent instability of the talus. Subtalar dislocations are frequently associated with fractures of the malleoli, the talus, the calcaneus or the fifth metatarsal. Four types of subtalar dislocation have been described according to the direction of the foot in relation to the talus: medial, lateral posterior and anterior. It has been shown that some of these dislocations may spontaneously reduce. A rare case of a 36-year-old male patient who sustained a closed medial subtalar dislocation without any associated fractures of the ankle is reported. The patient suffered a pure closed medial subtalar dislocation that is hardly reported in the literature. Six months after injury the patient did not report any pain, had a satisfactory range of motion, and no signs of residual instability or early posttraumatic osteoarthritis. The traumatic mechanism, the treatment options, and the importance of a stable and prompt closed reduction and early mobilization are discussed.

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