Hawkins classification
Trauma and orthopaedics
Also known as: Hawkins-Klassifikation (Talushalsfraktur) · Hawkins sınıflaması (talus boyun kırığı) · Hawkins classification (talar neck fractures)
What it is for
Classifies vertical talar neck fractures by which neighbouring joints are subluxed or dislocated.
Classification
| Category | Description |
|---|---|
| Type I | undisplaced (or minimally displaced) fracture; subtalar and ankle joints congruent. |
| Type II | displaced fracture with subluxation or dislocation of the subtalar joint; ankle (tibiotalar) joint congruent. |
| Type III | displaced fracture with dislocation of both the subtalar and the ankle joint; talonavicular joint still reduced. |
| Type IV (Canale and Kelly) | as type III plus subluxation or dislocation of the talar head at the talonavicular joint. |
Source
- Edition
- Hawkins 1970 (types I–III); type IV added by Canale & Kelly 1978
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