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 plantar-flexed 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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van Dijk, C.N. (2014). Posterior Ankle Impingement. In: Ankle Arthroscopy. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-35989-7_13
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