Calcaneal fractures ... The patient needs an open reduction and repositioning of the posterior tuberosity. This procedure cannot be performed closed because the tuberosity is wedged, with an ...

Michalski, MD, MSc, the need for calcaneal osteotomy for the correction ... which allows visualization of the cut and stabilizes your posterior tuberosity. Removing either a wedge or even a ...

Skin tenting was present. There was no apparent bruising. Radiographs of the foot showed a type II avulsion fracture of the posterior superior calcaneus (Figure 1). The orthopedic service was ...

The physical examination is normal except for nonspecific tenderness in the region of the medial calcaneal tubercle. How should the patient be evaluated and treated? The windlass mechanism ...