OPERATIVE COMPARED WITH NONOPERATIVE TREATMENT OF DISPLACED INTRA-ARTICULAR CALCANEAL FRACTURES

Without stratification of the groups, the functional results after nonoperative care of displaced intra-articular calcaneal fractures were equivalent to those after operative care. However, after unmasking the data by removal of the patients who were receiving Workers' Compensation, the outcomes were significantly better in some groups of surgically treated patients.