Extra-articular fractures are more commonly due to an indirect mechanism such as a twisting injury or muscular avulsion.
Intra-articular fractures are due to high-...
Ice and oral analgesics are useful in the prehospital setting, and oral analgesics may be required for some time after casting.
Reduction techniques:
Extra-articular calcaneal body fractures w...
Buckley R, Tough S, McCormack R, et al. Operative compared with nonoperative treatment of displaced intra-articular calcaneal fractures: a prospective, randomized, controlled multic...
During the initial evaluation of a patient with a calcaneus fracture, be aware that many patients will have a coexisting lower extremity or vertebral fracture. Up to 10% will have coex...
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