Medical subtalar dislocation [report of four cases and review of literature]

This paper presents a report of four patients with isolated medial subtalar dislocations treated at King Khalid University hospital during January 1988 to December 1990. All the patients were males with an average age of twenty four years. The injuries were closed and caused by forceful inversion of the forefoot while playing football. They were treated by closed reduction and below knee plaster cast immobilisation with excellent results