Impact of surgical procedures on soft tissue microcirculation in calcaneal fractures: a prospective longitudinal cohort study.
Calcaneal fractures are potentially limb-threatening injuries that predominantly result from high-energy mechanisms. This fracture entity constitutes 1 –2% of all fractures and represents over 60% of all fractures occurring in the tarsal bones [1–3]. As a consequence of the high-energy mechanism of injury, intra-articular calcaneal fractures often lead to chronic pain and long-term disability due to posttraumatic arthritis [4]. Furthermore, int ra-articular fractures make up approximately 75% of calcaneal fractures and are commonly classified in line with Essex-Lopresti and Sanders based on lateral X-ray and CT imaging, respectively [5,6].
Source: Injury - Category: Orthopaedics Authors: Felix M. Bl äsius, Björn-Christian Link, Frank J.P. Beeres, Lukas D. Iselin, Benjamin Moritz Leu, Boyko Gueorguiev, Kajetan Klos, Bergita Ganse, Sven Nebelung, Ali Modabber, Daphne Eschbach, Christian David Weber, Klemens Horst, Matthias Knobe Source Type: research