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Fractures of the Calcaneus
[OCOSH Code: D002111 263247007 S92.0 WI_FR_FOOT_CALC]

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Calcaneal Fractures Classification popular

Location: http://www.hwbf.org/ota/bfc/torn/exp.htm

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Paul Tornetta III, MD: We know decision making with respect to calcaneal fracture management can be difficult. Can classification help? Classification is only valuable if it is prognostic and if it assists decision making. Otherwise, it is useless. Expert
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Calcaneal Fractures Closed Reduction popular

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Richard E. Buckley, MD. Excellent presentation on methods of treatment of calcaneal fractures. For educational purposes may be copied, adapted and presented with acknowledgements to Dr Buckley and OTA Highly Reputable
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Calcaneus Fracture Wheeless popular

Location: http://www.wheelessonline.com/ortho/calcaneal_fracture_1

Wheeless' Textbook of Orthopaedics
Discussion:
- typically results from fall from height (see mechanism)
- 2 types of frx may occur: extr-articular and intra-articular:
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Calcaneal Fractures LearningRadiology

Location: http://learningradiology.com/archives2007/COW%20263-Calcaneal%20Fxs/calcanealfxcorrect.html

Calcaneal Fractures “Lover’s Fractures”
Calcaneous is the most commonly fractured tarsal bone A so-called “lover’s Fracture” is an intra-articular fracture produced by an axial loading force typically produced by a leap from a height with person landing on heels (also called a “Don Juan” fracture)
Why is it called a “Lover’s fracture?”
Because it is...
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Calcaneus Fractures eMedicine Orthopedics

Location: http://www.emedicine.com/orthoped/topic33.htm

Author: Scott Nicklebur, MD, Staff Physician, Department of Emergency Medicine, St. David's Georgetown Hospital
Contents - Introduction; Indications; Relevant Anatomy And Contraindications; Workup; Treatment; Complications; Outcome And Prognosis; Future And Controversies; Pictures; Bibliography
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Calcaneus Fractures eMedicine Radiology

Location: http://www.emedicine.com/radio/topic123.htm

Authors Khan et al. 2006
Contents - Introduction Radiograph CT Scan MRI Ultrasound Nuclear Medicine Intervention Pictures Bibliography
Synonyms and related keywords: calcaneum fracture, calcaneus fracture, calcaneal fractures, tarsal fracture, os-calcis fracture, os calcis fracture, Lover fracture Lover's fracture, intra-articular calcaneal fractures, extra-articular calcaneal fractures
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compression fracture Calcaneus

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25 year old man who has pain in both feet, after jumping from 10ft up onto a hard surface. There is a curvilinear density in each calcaneum above the insertion of the long plantar ligament. The densities of the trabecula are superimposed.
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CT Scan of Calcaneal Fracture Wheeless

Location: http://www.wheelessonline.com/ortho/ct_scan_of_calcaneal_fracture

Discussion:
- demonstrates intra-articular extension of frx
- degree of comminution of posterior facet;
- calcaneocuboid joint;
- impingement of lateral border of calcaneus on lateral malleolus and entrapment of tendons or nerves can be demonstrated; ...
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Etiology and Evaluation of Stress Fracture of the Heel

Location: http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/413845

Medscape "Ask the Experts" Posted 2001
Question What are the possible etiologies of a stress fracture of the heel in a non-athletically competitive 50-year-old woman who has a negative DEXA scan for osteoporosis? Her bone scan was positive, the x-ray was negative. What is the best next step: CT or MRI?
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Fractures of the Heel Patient Information AAOS

Location: http://orthoinfo.aaos.org/topic.cfm?topic=A00169

It's not easy to break your heel bone (calcaneus). Because it takes a lot of force, such as that sustained in a motor vehicle accident or a fall from a height, you may also incur other injuries as well, particularly to the back.
Contents - Symptoms, Diagnosis, Treatment Highly Reputable
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Fractures of the Os Calcis Medscape

Location: http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/408026

Medscape General Medicine 1(3), 1999. Stephen K. Benirschke, MD, and Patricia A. Kramer, PhD, Department of Orthopaedics, Harborview Medical Center, University of Washington
Abstract; Calcaneal fractures remain among the most challenging fractures encountered by orthopaedic traumatologists, but the technology exists today to treat any isolated calcaneal fracture. Critical to patient outcome is...
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Interventions for treating calcaneal fractures Medscape

Location: http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/485533

Synopsis of Cochrane Review article on this subject.
Conclusions - Even where there is some evidence of benefit of operative compared with non – operative treatment, it remains unclear whether the possible advantages of surgery are worth its risks. Given this it seems best to wait for the results of...
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