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Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg
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Authors: C Niek van Dijk
Publish Date: 2014
Volume: , Issue: , Pages: 231-258
Abstract
Posterior ankle impingement is a pain syndrome It is a clinical diagnosis in which the patient experiences pain in the hindfoot when the ankle is forced into a plantarflexed position Surgical treatment involves removal of the impediment like os trigonum scar tissue or hypertrophic posterior talar process The anatomical considerations etiology diagnostic processes and differential diagnosis are described The operative technique of endoscopic removal of an os trigonum and endoscopic treatment of a posterior talar process and a posterior soft tissue impingement are described in detail The chapter also contains a section on pitfalls of these procedures
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