COMPARISON OF LCP AND INTRAMEDULLARY NAIL OSTEOSYNTHESIS IN CALCANEAL FRACTURES.

Objective: This study compared groups of patients with calcaneal fractures of Sanders types II and III. One group was treated with ORIF using an LCP (plate), while the second was treated with a minimally invasive method using a C-Nail.

Methods: The study included 217 patients in the ORIF group and 19 patients in the minimally invasive nail osteosynthesis group.

Histochemical and histological changes of paraspinal muscles in patients with thoracic and lumbar spine fractures treated with open and minimally invasive stabilisation.

Background: Histological and histochemical analyses of muscle samples were used to determine the intensity of paraspinal muscle injury during open (OPEN) and minimally invasive (MIS) procedures due to spinal trauma.

Objective: A randomised prospective study design was chosen. According to our hypothesis, OPEN procedures will lead to more intensive microscopic changes than MIS.