Intra-Articular Calcaneal Fractures

PURPOSE OF THE STUDYIn this retrospective evaluation the authors present the group of patients with intraarticular calcaneal fractures that were treated from an extended lateral approach. MATERIALIn the period from 2001 to 2003, 32 patients with intra-articular calcaneal fractures were treated by osteosynthesis, using a plate, from the extended lateral approach.All patients were men at an average age of 41.7 years (range, 20 to 63 years).The most frequent cause of injury was a fall from height.A combined injury was recorded in eight patients.The right calcaneus was broken in 11 and the left one in 21 patients.Patients with bilateral calcaneal fractures were not included in the evaluation.