Adrian Talia, Western Health Orthopaedic Department

Adrian Talia

Foot & Ankle

Surgical Interests

  • Foot and ankle surgery
  • Ankle arthritis
  • Ankle ligament instability
  • Flatfoot deformity
  • Sporting injuries of the foot and ankle
  • Orthopaedic trauma

Expertise

  • Ankle replacement surgery
  • Joint preserving surgery for ankle arthritis including corrective osteotomy and cartilage grafting
  • Hindfoot fusion
  • Large deformity correction
  • Ankle ligament reconstruction
  • Supervisor of foot and ankle fellows and orthopaedic trainees

Biography

Mr Adrian Talia is an orthopaedic surgeon who subspecialises in foot and ankle surgery. He holds a consultant appointment at Western Health across Footscray, Sunshine and Williamstown hospitals, where he manages elective and trauma patients and trains junior doctors and orthopaedic surgeons.

Mr Talia completed a Bachelor of Biomedicine with honours and a Doctor of Medicine with distinction at the University of Melbourne. He also holds a Master of Surgery from the University of Sydney and a qualification in surgical anatomy, and is a Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons. After a trauma fellowship, he completed foot and ankle fellowship training at the Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Oxford and the Swiss Ortho Center in Basel.

His surgical work includes ankle replacement, joint preserving surgery for ankle arthritis, hindfoot fusion and deformity correction. He researches and publishes in foot and ankle surgery, orthopaedic trauma and surgical education, reviews for journals and supervises foot and ankle fellows.

Publications

  1. Vacariu E, Tevere A, Shepherd D, Schneider T, Talia A. Accuracy of radiology MRI reports in predicting syndesmotic injuries: An intraoperative correlation study. Foot Ankle Surg. 2026. doi:10.1016/j.fas.2026.06.020
  2. Vacariu E, Talia AJ. Anterior Inferior Tibiofibular Ligament Suture-tape Augmentation During Ankle Fracture Fixation, “AITFL InternalBrace” in Combination With Fibular Plating. Techniques in Foot & Ankle Surgery. 2026. doi:10.1097/btf.0000000000000483
  3. Talia AJ, Busuttil NA, Hotchen A, Kendal AR, Brown R. Sex Differences in Foot and Ankle Sports Injury Rates in Elite Athletes: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of 25,687,866 Athlete Exposures. Orthop J Sports Med. 2025;13(9):23259671251364261. doi:10.1177/23259671251364261
  4. Talia AJ, Roshan-Zamir S, Shepherd DW. Outcomes in Open Reduction and Internal Fixation of Tarsometatarsal (Lisfranc) Injuries: A Contemporary Review of Fixation Constructs. Foot Ankle Orthop. 2025;10(3):24730114251352519. doi:10.1177/24730114251352519
  5. Talia AJ, Shepherd DW, Roshan-Zamir S. Displaced, intra-articular fractures of the calcaneus: Review of non-operative management, open reduction internal fixation and novel minimally invasive techniques. Foot (Edinb). 2025;62:102160. doi:10.1016/j.foot.2025.102160
  6. Salehi L, Tran P, Talia AJ. The utility of post-operative X-rays in distal radius fracture fixation: A literature review. Journal of Orthopaedic Reports. 2025;4(4):100496. doi:10.1016/j.jorep.2024.100496
  7. Talia AJ, Sharp R. Bilateral ankle charcot neuro-arthropathy following intra-articular steroid injections: Case report. Journal of Orthopaedic Reports. 2025;4(3):100455. doi:10.1016/j.jorep.2024.100455
  8. Talia AJ, Santini S, Santiago E, Schneider T, Valderrabano V. Surgical Treatment of Bony Insertional Achilles Tendinopathy and Haglund Deformity by a Modified Lateral Approach. Techniques in Foot & Ankle Surgery. 2025;24(3). doi:10.1097/btf.0000000000000443
  9. Santini S, Marinozzi A, Talia AJ, Herrera-Rodríguez A, Herrera-Pérez M, Valderrabano V. Sports Activity with Ankle Osteoarthritis and Total Ankle Arthroplasty. J Clin Med. 2024;13(23). doi:10.3390/jcm13237099
  10. Talia AJ, Austin M, Loizou CL, Brown R, Sharp RJ, Kendal AR. Predictors of poor pre-operative patient reported outcome measures in elective foot and ankle surgery: Analysis of 1217 patients. Foot (Edinb). 2024;61:102129. doi:10.1016/j.foot.2024.102129
  11. Talia AJ. Letter Regarding: Percutaneous Fixation of Posterior Malleolar Fractures: A Contemporary Review. Foot Ankle Orthop. 2024;9(3):24730114241278725. doi:10.1177/24730114241278725
  12. Talia AJ, Busuttil NA, Kendal AR, Brown R. Gender differences in foot and ankle sporting injuries: A systematic literature review. Foot (Edinb). 2024;60:102122. doi:10.1016/j.foot.2024.102122
  13. Cossins C, George B, Talia AJ, Loizou C, Kendal A. The Outcomes of Isolated Tibiocalcaneal Arthrodesis: A Systematic Review. Foot Ankle Orthop. 2024;9(2):24730114241247547. doi:10.1177/24730114241247547
  14. Santini S, Pflüger P, Talia AJ, Marinozzi A, Valderrabano V. Total ankle arthroplasty in endstage varus ankle osteoarthritis. Fuß & Sprunggelenk. 2024;22(3):181-191. doi:10.1016/j.fuspru.2024.05.006
  15. Talia AJ, Furness N, Liew SM. Efficiency of Orthopaedic Audits in a Level-1 Trauma Centre Using a Modified Clavien–Dindo Complications Classification. Complications. 2024;1(1):14-23. doi:10.3390/complications1010004
  16. Talia AJ, Brown R. Foot and ankle injuries in women’s soccer: epidemiology and risk factors. Orthopaedics and Trauma. 2024;38(3):162-168. doi:10.1016/j.mporth.2024.03.008
  17. Talia AJ, Clare S, Liew SM, Edwards ER. Orthopaedic injuries due to electric scooter trauma presenting to a level 1 trauma centre before and after introduction of a scooter-sharing scheme. J Orthop. 2023;39:42-44. doi:10.1016/j.jor.2023.04.005
  18. Huntington LS, Talia A, Devitt BM, Batty L. Management and outcomes of proximal tibiofibular joint ganglion cysts: A systematic review. Knee. 2022;37:60-70. doi:10.1016/j.knee.2022.05.009
  19. Muirhead C, Talia A, Fraval A, Ross A, Thai D. Early mobilization vs delayed mobilisation following the use of a volar locking plate with non-vascularized bone graft in scaphoid non-union. A multicentred randomised controlled-trial. J Orthop. 2021;23:203-207. doi:10.1016/j.jor.2021.01.002
  20. Lambers A, Talia AJ. Spaced Repetition Learning as a Tool for Orthopedic Surgical Education: A Prospective Cohort Study on a Training Examination. J Surg Educ. 2021;78(1):134-139. doi:10.1016/j.jsurg.2020.07.002
  21. The Combined Randomised and Observational Study of Surgery for Fractures in the Distal Radius in the Elderly (CROSSFIRE) Study Group, Lawson A, Naylor JM, Buchbinder R, Ivers R, Balogh ZJ, Smith P, Xuan W, Howard K, Vafa A, Perriman D, Mittal R, Yates P, Rieger B, Smith G, Adie S, Elkinson I, Kim W, Sungaran J, Latendresse K, Wong J, Viswanathan S, Landale K, Drobetz H, Tran P, Page R, Beattie S, Mulford J, Incoll I, Kale M, Schick B, Li T, Higgs A, Oppy A, Harris IA. Surgical Plating vs Closed Reduction for Fractures in the Distal Radius in Older Patients. JAMA Surg. 2021;156(3):229. doi:10.1001/jamasurg.2020.5672
  22. Talia AJ, Fraval A, Halliday L, McKie G, Paiva J, Thai DM. Scaphoid specific volar locking plate and non-vascularised iliac crest bone graft in scaphoid non-union. A comparative cohort study. J Orthop. 2019;16(4):337-341. doi:10.1016/j.jor.2019.03.005
  23. Talia AJ, Coetzee C, Tirosh O, Tran P. Comparison of outcome measures and complication rates following three different approaches for primary total hip arthroplasty: a pragmatic randomised controlled trial. Trials. 2018;19(1):13. doi:10.1186/s13063-017-2368-7
  24. Talia AJ, Drummond J, Muirhead C, Tran P. Using a Structured Checklist to Improve the Orthopedic Ward Round: A Prospective Cohort Study. Orthopedics. 2017;40(4):e663-e667. doi:10.3928/01477447-20170509-01
  25. Talia AJ, Tran P. Bilateral patellar tendon reconstruction using LARS ligaments: case report and review of the literature. BMC Musculoskelet Disord. 2016;17:302. doi:10.1186/s12891-016-1161-1
  26. Talia AJ, Wong ML, Lau HC, Kaye AH. Outcomes of extended transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion for lumbar spondylosis. J Clin Neurosci. 2015;22(11):1762-70. doi:10.1016/j.jocn.2015.05.027
  27. Talia AJ, Wong ML, Lau HC, Kaye AH. Safety of instrumentation and fusion at the time of surgical debridement for spinal infection. J Clin Neurosci. 2015;22(7):1111-6. doi:10.1016/j.jocn.2014.12.028
  28. Talia AJ, Wong ML, Lau HC, Kaye AH. Comparison of the different surgical approaches for lumbar interbody fusion. J Clin Neurosci. 2015;22(2):243-51. doi:10.1016/j.jocn.2014.08.008

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