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A Single Center Study to Evaluate the Clinic‐Radiological Outcomes of Patients with Intraarticular Calcaneal Fractures Treated Surgically
Jaimin A. Vaishnav, Harsh M. Patel, Avi Rangwala and Kuldeep Parmar
Page: 25-29 | Received 20 Jul 2024, Published online: 03 Sep 2024
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Abstract
To assess the radiological, clinical and patient‐reported results of surgically treated patients with intraarticular calcaneal fractures. This research was a single‐center, prospective and observational study done on patients with calcaneal fractures at the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery. The study had a length of 3 years. Approval for the study was obtained from the institutional ethics committee. In this research, a total of 88 patients with 100 calcaneal fractures underwent surgery. The patients were followed up for a period of 18 months after the operation. The average age in this research was 44.6±14.46 years. Male cases (72.72%) outnumbered females (27.28%). 84% of fractures were Sander's type 2. Most fractures were unilateral (81.81%) against bilateral 16 (18.18%). In 36.6% of instances, injuries occurred. Pre‐surgery time was 5.5±1.3 days, with an average hospital stay of 8.2±3.7 Pre‐operative Bohler's angle was >20° in 10% of patients and <20° in 90% of cases in this research. Most patients had excellent AOFAS scores 18 months post‐op. No significant difference in AOFAS scores was seen across groups. Most patients in both groups had All macher grades 0 and 1. No significant difference was seen across groups. We compared pre‐and post‐op Bohler's angles 18 months after surgery. Instances with pre‐operative Bohler's angle >20° had post‐operative angles of 25‐29° in 8 instances. In 76 instances with pre‐operative Bohler's angle <20°, post‐operative angle 25‐29° was observed, with a statistically significant difference between two groups. In this research, post‐op problems included heel pain, stiffness, wound infection, gait abnormalities and plaster sores. All complications were carefully treated. Open reduction and internal fixation are the best treatments for joint depression type and Sanders Type II/III calcaneal fractures, with favourable short‐term outcomes.
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Jaimin A. Vaishnav, Harsh M. Patel, Avi Rangwala and Kuldeep Parmar. A Single Center Study to Evaluate the Clinic‐Radiological Outcomes of Patients with Intraarticular Calcaneal Fractures Treated Surgically.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.36478/10.36478/makrjms.2024.10.25.29
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