Open AccessLate Treatment of Displaced Intra-Articular Calcaneus Fractures: Successful Management With Anatomic Reduction
Author(s) -
Michael P. Swords,
John R. Shank,
Nicole C Fraticelli,
Stephen K. Benirschke
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of orthopaedic trauma
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.221
H-Index - 121
eISSN - 1531-2291
pISSN - 0890-5339
DOI - 10.1097/bot.0000000000001694
Subject(s) - medicine , internal fixation , calcaneus , polytrauma , surgery , radiography , fixation (population genetics) , reduction (mathematics) , osteosynthesis , injury severity score , poison control , injury prevention , population , geometry , environmental health , mathematics
The aim of this study was to evaluate the results of displaced intra-articular calcaneus fractures treated more than 25 days after injury by open reduction and internal fixation (ORIF) using a lateral extensile surgical approach.