Sustentaculum Tali Fractures
A 35-year-old construction worker falls from height and sustains a displaced intra-articular calcaneal fracture. CT scan shows a sustentacular fragment that is medialized and separate from the main calcaneal body. The surgeon is planning operative fixation. Regarding the anatomy of the sustentaculum tali and its clinical relevance:
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The sustentaculum tali is a shelf-like projection from the medial aspect of the calcaneus that suppo...
The sustentaculum tali maintains its position relative to the talus in most calcaneal fractures due ...
The sustentaculum tali has no ligamentous attachments and is freely mobile in calcaneal fractures; i...
The flexor hallucis longus runs in a fibro-osseous tunnel beneath the sustentaculum, between the med...
The neurovascular bundle (posterior tibial artery, tibial nerve) lies medial and superficial to the ...
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