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Osteochondral Lesions of the Talus

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This chapter gives an overview of the pathophysiology and classification, patient history, clinical examination, and diagnostics of osteochondral lesions of the talus. Moreover, it provides a step-by-step description of anterior ankle arthroscopy technique in treating these lesions.

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. Department of General Surgery, OLVG - west, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    P. A. D. van Dijk

  2. Academic Center for Evidence Based Sports Medicine (ACES), Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    P. A. D. van Dijk & C. N. van Dijk

  3. Amsterdam Collaboration for Health and Safety in Sports (ACHSS), Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    P. A. D. van Dijk & C. N. van Dijk

  4. Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    C. N. van Dijk

  5. FIFA Medical Center of Excellence, Madrid, Spain

    C. N. van Dijk

  6. FIFA Medical Center of Excellence, Porto, Portugal

    C. N. van Dijk

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  1. Centre of Sports Traumatology Koelliker Hospital, Torino, Italy

    Gian Luigi Canata

  2. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Aspetar Hospital, Doha, Qatar

    Pieter d'Hooghe

  3. Department of Orthopedics, University of Colorado Hospital, Aurora, CO, USA

    Kenneth J. Hunt

  4. Department of Orthopedic Surgery, University of Amsterdam Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam Zuidoost, Noord-Holland, The Netherlands

    Gino M.M.J. Kerkhoffs

  5. Orthopaedics and Traumatology Unit, University Campus Bio medico, Rome, Italy

    Umile Giuseppe Longo

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van Dijk, P.A.D., van Dijk, C.N. (2019). Osteochondral Lesions of the Talus. In: Canata, G., d'Hooghe, P., Hunt, K., Kerkhoffs, G., Longo, U. (eds) Sports Injuries of the Foot and Ankle. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-58704-1_12

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