Skeletal Features of Talus in Hepple V Lesion

Abstract

The present study was to determine the characteristics of the ankle skeletal structure in patients with talus Hepple V type. We conducted a retrospective study on the skeletal structure of the talus in 110 patients with Hepple V osteochondral lesions of the talus and in control participants. The radiographic measurements taken include the following: in the coronal plane - depth of talus frontal curvature, length of the lateral and medial malleolus; in the sagittal plane - radius and height of talus, angle of tibial lateral surface, tibiotalar sector, and vertical neck angle. The osteochondral lesion of the talus showed a significantly larger mean radius (mean ± SD, 21.4 ± 2.5 mm; p < 0.001) and height (mean ± SD, 26.0 ± 2.7 mm; p < 0.005). It also demonstrated a longer mean medial malleolus length (mean ± SD, 15.7 ± 2.4 mm; p < 0.005), a larger mean vertical neck angle (mean ± SD, 86.2 ± 5.4°; p < 0.050), and a greater mean tibial lateral surface angle (mean ± SD, 80.0 ± 4.5°; p < 0.001). And there was a greater mean frontal curvature depth (mean ± SD, 3.9 ± 0.6 mm; p < 0.005). Overall, this study found that patients with Hepple V osteochondral lesions of the talus had a larger vertical neck angle and tibial lateral surface angle, a longer talus radius and medial malleolus length, a higher talus height, and a deeper frontal curvature depth.