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The Foot and Ankle Online Journal 3 (12): 1Fractures of the posterior process of the talus are extremely rare and more so when it is associated with a pilon fracture.Anatomical reduction and fixation of these injuries are important to prevent post traumatic ankle and subtalar arthritis and nonunion.The author presents a case of fracture of the posterior process of the talus with pilon fracture.In addition to these he also had ipsilateral, undisplaced extra articular fracture of the calcaneum, undisplaced fracture of the navicular and fracture of the first metatarsal.
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