Osteochondral lesions of the talar dome.

From: Bulletin of the NYU Hospital for Joint Diseases | Date: December 22, 2003| Author: Finger, Alexander; Sheskier, Steven C. | Copyright information

Osteochondral lesions were first described by Konig in 1888. (1) He theorized that spontaneous necrosis was a causative factor for this condition. In 1922, Kappis described osteochondral lesions in the talus. (2) Rendu, in a report published in 1932 describing intraarticular fractures of the talus, was the first to propose that these lesions may have a traumatic etiology. (3) In 1959, Berndt and Harty concluded that these osteochondral lesions of the talus were, in fact, transchondr...

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