ABSTRACT
Objective To evaluate the surgical characteristics and clinical effect of percutaneous reduction with kirachner wire assisted by a small lateral incision approach for poking reduction and allngraft bone transplantation in treating compressive intra-articular calcaneal fractures. Methods A retrospective analysis was performed among 17 patients with compressive intra-articular calcaneal fractures (Sanders Ⅱ to Ⅲ ) treated by percutaneous reduction with kirachner wire assisted by a small lateral incision approach for poking reduction and allograft bone transplanta-tion. Results All the patients were followed-up for an average time of 13.5 months. The wound of 15 feet achieved primary healing, the acute rejection was found in 2 patients. The Bohler's angle was (9.58±5.25)° and Gissane an-gle was (101.15±13.83)° preoperation and was (33.55±4.17)° and (113.25±12.17)° immediate postopera-tion, showing statistically significant differences pre-and postoperation(P < 0.05). By the lately follow-up, the Bohler angle was (31.65±7.72)° and Gissane angle was (111.15±8.68)°, also showing statistically significant differ-ences when compared to preoperation (P < 0.05), there was no statistically significant differences (P > 0.05) when compared with normal X-ray. Conclusion That percutaneous reduction with kirschner wire assisted by a small lateral incision approach for poking reduction and allograft bone transplantation in treating the compressive intra-articular cal-caneal fractures (Sanders Ⅱ to Ⅲ) is minimally invasive, less complication, and it enables satisfactory recoastruc-tion of bone defects and allows metanatomic reduction and functional recovery, also maintaining restoration of calcane-al height and anatomic reduction of the posterior facet.