The incidence of talar fractures is relatively low affecting usually young patients, while recent epidemiological studies
have shown that talar body fractures represent a significant proportion of the total number of talar fractures. Talar body
fractures are usually high-energy injuries and often a combined talar neck and body fracture is noted. An association between
talar body fractures and ankle fractures has also been recorded involving the medial or lateral malleolus. The only report
of a talar fracture combined with a bimalleolar ankle fracture that was found in the literature is referred to a talar neck
fracture. In this report, a combination of a talar body fracture and bimalleolar ankle fracture in a polytraumatised young
patient is presented. This combined injury pattern seems to be very rare, since a similar case was not found in the literature.
An open reduction and internal fixation of the talar body fracture as well as the bimalleolar fracture, followed by a prolonged
non-weight bearing, led to a fracture healing with no evidence of osteonecrosis. Minimal osteoarthritic changes of the tibiotalar
joint were noted at 3 years follow-up with satisfactory functional results.
Keywords Talar fracture - Talar body fracture - Bimalleolar fracture - Avascular necrosis - Post-traumatic arthritis