Open AccessOpen Reduction and Internal Fixation of Displaced Calcaneum, Intra-Articular Fractures by Locking Calcaneal Plate
Author(s) -
Santosha,
Shams Gulrez,
A Mahendra Singh,
Sanjib Waikhom,
Vishal Pakhrin,
Sagnik Mukherjee,
Rajkumar Debbarma,
prabhu shrinivas prashant
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of clinical and diagnostic research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2249-782X
pISSN - 0973-709X
DOI - 10.7860/jcdr/2016/22332.9051
Subject(s) - medicine , internal fixation , ankle , surgery , reduction (mathematics) , radiological weapon , subtalar joint , foot (prosody) , calcaneus , fixation (population genetics) , orthopedic surgery , population , linguistics , philosophy , geometry , mathematics , environmental health
Calcaneal fractures constitute the most common fractures in hindfoot. Lots of controversies exist in the management of calcaneal fractures but now-a-days, it is preferable to perform open reduction and internal fixation and early mobilizatation.