Calcaneal fracture

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Calcaneal fractures constitute one of the most contradictory issues of traumatology of the musculoskeletal apparatus. No other type of fracture is associated with such a wide range of different views regarding its management. There are only a few locations in traumatology of the musculoskeletal apparatus that are as sensitive as the calcaneus in terms of proper surgical technique. Our own unsatisfactory results of non-operative treatment, concerns about possible complications resulting from open procedure and the need for a generally applicable method prompted us at the beginning of the 1990s to devise our own surgical method. 146 illustrations and photographs