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Essex-Lopresti Classification (most widely used):
i) Not involving subtalar joint:
a) Tuberosity fracture
1) Beak type
2) Avulsion of medial border
3) Vertical
4) Horizontal
b) Involving calcaneocuboid joint
1) Parrot nose type
2) Various
ii) Involving the subtalar joint
a) Without displacement
b) With displacement
1) Tongue type with displacement
2) Centrolateral depression of joint
3) Sustentaculum tali fracture alone
4) With comminution from below
5) From behind forward with dislocated STJ
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