The treatment of calcaneal fractures continues to be controversial. These fractures present many challenges to the treating surgeon, including bony comminution, sometimes severe soft tissue envelope ...

The Taylor Spatial Frame allows surgeons to change reductions through struts and offers new hope for the treatment of pilon fractures. Open techniques still provide the gold standard in treatment for ...

The calcaneus bone is the big heel bone at the back of the foot. Due to overuse a stress fracture can occur in the bone. It is common for soldiers who have to do a lot of marching or road runners.

Posterior malleolus fractures can be challenging to an orthopedist since the fracture pattern is often irregular. They can ...

IN 1931 Dachtier 1 presented a study of 26 cases of "fractures of the anterior, superior portion of the os calcis due to indirect violence." This was followed by a report published independently by ...

A bone fracture is a crack or break in a bone. Bone fractures usually result from a high force impact or stress. People with osteoporosis or bone cancer may experience a fracture with very little ...