Research progress in the treatment of calcaneal fractures / 中国骨伤

ABSTRACT

Calcaneal fracture is a kind of common injury of foot. Calcaneal fracture could be treated with conservative therapy, open reduction and internal fixation (ORIF), minimal invasive poking reduction and Kirschner wire fixation, arthrodesis or external fixation and other treatment methods. Open reduction and internal fixation as the main treatment method of calcaneus fracture, especially for intra-articular calcaneal fractures, as Sanders type II and III fractures, could gain satisfactory effect. But whether bone grafting should be taken is controversial in Sanders type IV fractures, because soft tissue complications are disadvantages of ORIF. The treatment of minimally invasive percutaneous poking reduction and internal fixation for calcaneal fractures has been paid more and more attention. Because of the differ of the classification of calcaneal fractures, indications of poking reduction and fixation methods, efficacy evaluation standard of choose, the clinical efficacy is different. Because of the complex treatment process, various treatment methods have their own advantages and disadvantages. Through consulting relevant literatures of domestic and abroad in recent years, comprehensive analysis is made and new progress of the calcaneal fractures treatment is summarized.