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EINER W. JOHNSON, JR., MD; HAMLET A. PETERSON, MD

AMA Arch Surg. 1966;92(6):848-852.

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NO FRACTURE has more potential for creating physical impairment than that of the os calcis. Many forms of treatment have been suggested, but doubt still exists as to which is the most efficient and most successful. Previously used treatments have varied from control of edema, immobilization without reduction, and early weight bearing (Barnard¹ and Barnard and Odegard²) to excision of the fractured os calcis (Pridie³). Surgical management has varied from primary arthrodesis of the subtalar joint (Gallie,⁴ Dick,⁵ and Hall and Pennal⁶) to elevation of the depressed central calcaneal fragment of the subtalar joint (Palmer⁷ and Maxfield and McDermott⁸) to sensory denervation of the heel (Sallick and Blum⁹). Excellent reviews of the literature are available in papers by Gellman,¹⁰ Schottstaedt,¹¹ Warrick and Bremner,¹² Wilson,¹³ and Thorén.¹⁴

In addition to the variety of treatments possible, review of . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
ROCHESTER, MINN

From the Section of Orthopedic Surgery, Mayo Clinic and Mayo Foundation, Rochester.

Footnotes
Submitted for publication March 3, 1966.

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