(n.) One of several upright slender calcareous processes which surround the central part of the calicle of certain corals.
Example Sentences:
Talus
Definition:
(n.) The astragalus.
(n.) A variety of clubfoot (Talipes calcaneus). See the Note under Talipes.
(n.) A slope; the inclination of the face of a work.
(n.) A sloping heap of fragments of rock lying at the foot of a precipice.
Example Sentences:
(1) In case 2, a 26-year-old man sustained an open total dislocation of the talus with a severe crush wound and impaired circulation to the foot.
(2) The talus was revascularized with a vascularized corticocancellous iliac crest bone graft.
(3) In the correction of flat foot in children, the fundamental requirement is to restore the normal relationship between the talus and calcaneus.
(4) We assessed the function of the posterior malleolus, the anterior tibiofibular ligament, and the fibula with regard to posterior stability of the talus in ten ankles of cadavera.
(5) However, whereas talus and patella cartilage were affected by the disease, these and femoral-head cartilage seemed to be relatively spared when implanted in air pouches of adjuvant-diseased rats even after a massive inflammatory response was elicited in the cavity following challenge with tuberculin.
(6) Additionally, bilateral necrosis of the talus due to short-term, high-dose steroid therapy has also not previously been described.
(7) Gross and histological abnormalities were demonstrated in a club-foot talus from a boy with multiple congenital anomalies who died when he was nine days old.
(8) In a double-blind prospective study, 12 patients with osteochondral lesions of either the knee or talus were studied using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) prior to arthroscopic treatment.
(9) Originally, 150 patients were reviewed, but 47 patients were excluded from the series for the following reasons: associated fractures of the lower tibia (10), associated fractures of the talus (3), inadequate follow-up (15) and patients lost to follow-up (19).
(10) Prompt anatomic reduction of the talus and bimalleolar fracture with rigid internal fixation was performed.
(11) Subsequent dialogues will consist of ligamentous injuries, trauma to the talus, calcaneal fractures, midfoot, and forefoot injuries.
(12) Prior to operation it is inevitable to examine the stability of the talus and anterior subluxation of the ankle joint.
(13) No posterior subluxation of the talus occurred in either group.
(14) The talus is a bone with unique biomechanical features and vascular supply.
(15) Avascular necrosis of the talar body occurred in 52 per cent of the fractures (in two of thirteen non-displaced fractures, in half of the fractures with subluxation or dislocation of the subtalar joint, and in sixteen of nineteen fractures with complete dislocation of the body of the talus).
(16) Various squatting effects on the talus are found to be more common in this zone in general and in females in particular.
(17) Avascular necrosis of the talus has frequently been reported following trauma.
(18) Three types were considered: type A = calcanei with two articular facets for the talar head, with four subtypes; type B = calcanei with one articular facet for the talar head, and two subtypes, and type C = unique articular facies in the superior surface of the calcaneus for the talus.
(19) In an effort to study the causes of postoperative instability of ankle joint endoprostheses, local mechanical properties of the osseous tissue of tibia and talus were studied in terms of physiological loading on 19 cadaverous preparations in the zones, subjected to resection with the purpose of implant setting.
(20) As a result of these experiments, vascular bundle transplantation has been performed in patients with Kienboeck's disease, and avascular necrosis of the scaphoid, the femoral head, the talus, and other conditions.