OPERATIVE TREATMENT OF COMPRESSION FRACTURES OF THE CALCANEUS

Complication rates following operative treatment of calcaneus fractures.

BACKGROUND The purpose of this study is to report the short-term complication rates and mid-term subtalar fusion rates following operative management of calcaneal fractures. METHODS This is a retrospective study of Californians undergoing operative treatment of a calaneus fracture from 1995 to 2005. The main outcomes reported are readmission for a short-term complication within 90 days of sur...

Fractures of the calcaneus: current treatment strategies.

Displaced, intra-articular fractures of the calcaneus represent a surgical challenge and the ideal choice of treatment remains a subject of continued debate. Open reduction and stable internal fixation without joint transfixation has been established as the standard treatment for most of these fractures with good to excellent results in more than two thirds of patients in larger clinical series...

Fractures of the calcaneus

Objectives 1. Describe the anatomy of the calcaneus; including the articular facets and their orientation, the sustentaculum tali, and the apophysis 2. Describe the ossification of the calcaneus, and differences between the immature and adult calcaneus 3. Describe a classification system of calcaneal fractures useful for assessing such fractures in the immature foot 4. Discuss the imaging of a ...

Operative versus non-operative treatment for closed, displaced, intra-articular fractures of the calcaneus: randomised controlled trial

OBJECTIVE To investigate whether surgery by open reduction and internal fixation provides benefit compared with non-operative treatment for displaced, intra-articular calcaneal fractures. DESIGN Pragmatic, multicentre, two arm, parallel group, assessor blinded randomised controlled trial (UK Heel Fracture Trial). SETTING 22 tertiary referral hospitals, United Kingdom. PARTICIPANTS 151 pat...

The Operative Treatment of Fractures