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The Bone & Joint Journal
Vol. 100-B, Issue 11 | Pages 1487 - 1490
1 Nov 2018
Investigation of factors related to the occurrence of osteochondral lesions of the talus by 3D bone morphology of the ankle
Teramoto A Shoji H Kura H Sakakibara Y Kamiya T Watanabe K Yamashita T
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Aims

The aims of this study were to evaluate the morphology of the ankle in patients with an osteochondral lesion of the talus using 3D CT, and to investigate factors that predispose to this condition.

Patients and Methods

The study involved 19 patients (19 ankles) who underwent surgery for a medial osteochondral lesion (OLT group) and a control group of 19 healthy patients (19 ankles) without ankle pathology. The mean age was significantly lower in the OLT group than in the control group (27.0 vs 38.9 years; p = 0.02). There were 13 men and six women in each group. 3D CT models of the ankle were made based on Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine (DICOM) data. The medial malleolar articular and tibial plafond surface, and the medial and lateral surface area of the trochlea of the talus were defined. The tibial axis-medial malleolus (TMM) angle, the medial malleolar surface area and volume (MMA and MMV) and the anterior opening angle of the talus were measured.