Foot and Ankle Surgery
Volume 16, Issue 3 , Pages e57-e60 , September 2010

An unusual presentation of talus fracture in a child: A case report

  • Hamidreza Yazdi, MD

      Affiliations

    • Iran University of Medical Science, Tehran, Iran
    • ,
  • Mehdi Ramezan Shirazi, MD

      Affiliations

    • Shafa Yahyaian Hospital, Tehran, Iran
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Department of Foot and Ankle Surgery, Shafa Yahyaian Hospital, Baharestan Sq, Tehran, Iran. Tel.: +98 2133542022/9121875903.

Received 1 December 2009 ,Accepted 13 March 2010.

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PII: S1268-7731(10)00037-8

doi: 10.1016/j.fas.2010.03.005

Foot and Ankle Surgery
Volume 16, Issue 3 , Pages e57-e60 , September 2010

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