Calcaneal fractures remain among the most challenging ... Open reduction and internal fixation via the extensile lateral approach is the preferred treatment for displaced calcaneal injuries ...

Less-invasive surgical techniques for calcaneus fracture fixation have been developed in recent years to optimize the benefits of surgery while lowering the complication risks. The goal is to ...

as this is my preferred fixation method, and I believe it would be adequate for this injury. I do not personally use locking plates for calcaneal fractures because they add bulk and it is ...

Between 1983 and 1995, we used subtalar arthrodesis to treat 16 consecutive patients for continued pain after an intra-articular calcaneal fracture ... and internal fixation that reconstructs ...

Created around the philosophy of intelligent design, the Medline UNITE Calcaneal Fracture ... with transverse fibula fractures requiring intramedullary fixation, often associated with distal ...

Radiographs of the foot showed a type II avulsion fracture of the posterior superior calcaneus (Figure 1). The orthopedic service was consulted and the patient underwent urgent surgical fixation of ...

Occasionally, it may be difficult to differentiate plantar fasciitis from calcaneal stress fracture on clinical grounds. Plain radiographs may rule out calcaneal stress fracture and other rare ...