Treatment for displaced sustentaculum tali fractures.

Background: Sustentaculum tali fractures are rare foot fractures accounting for 1% of all calcaneal fractures, which accounts for about 1-2% of all bone fractures. Since the importance of sustentaculum tali in maintaining the medial foot arch, its fractures should be dealt with anatomical fixation to avoid post-traumatic arthrosis.

Objective: Is to delineate the importance of sustentacular tali fractures fixation mentioning operative technique and the post-operative outcome.

Endoscopic Plantar Fasciotomy Through Two Medial Portals for the Treatment of Recalcitrant Plantar Fasciopathy.

Plantar fasciopathy is a common cause of heel pain. Endoscopic plantar fasciotomy has the advantage of less surgical trauma and rapid recovery. The aim of the present prospective study was to delineate the results of endoscopic plantar fascia release through 2 medial portals.

Percutaneous Screw Fixation for Scaphoid Fractures.

Treatment of nondisplaced scaphoid waist fractures has evolved from conventional cast immobilization to percutaneous screw insertion. This study assessed clinical and radiologic outcomes of volar percutaneous screw fixation for 15 type B2 scaphoid fractures (according to the Herbert and Fisher classification). All patients were followed for an average of 33 months (range, 6-50 months).

Primary Ankle Arthrodesis for Severely Comminuted Tibial Pilon Fractures.

Management of severely comminuted, complete articular tibial pilon fractures (Rüedi and Allgöwer type III) remains a challenge, with few treatment options providing good clinical outcomes. Twenty patients with severely comminuted tibial pilon fractures underwent primary ankle arthrodesis with a retrograde calcaneal nail and autogenous fibular bone graft. The fusion rate was 100% and the varus malunion rate was 10%.

"ORIF" for displaced intra-articular calcaneal fractures in children.

Background: Calcaneal fractures in children are rare injuries, and those with displaced intra-articular fracture patterns are found even less frequently. Recent data in the adult literature have suggested operative treatment of displaced intra-articular calcaneal fractures leads to a more favorable outcome.

Objective: The aim of this study is to analyze the outcomes of displaced intra-articular calcaneal fractures in children treated by open reduction and internal fixation.

A simple surgical technique for treatment of Freiberg's disease.

Background: Of all the osteochondrosis, Freiberg's disease is reported to be the fourth most common, exceeded by Köhler's disease, Panner's disease, and Sever's disease. This disease usually occurs in the 2nd metatarsal head and relatively in the 3rd and 4th metatarsal heads.

Objective: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the outcome of debridement, synovectomy, dorsal closing wedge osteotomy and pin fixation for Freiberg's disease treatment.

Treatment for calcaneal malunion.

Background: Pain, limping, and deformity are the most common complications following calcaneal malunion which results from non-operative treatment for calcaneal fractures.

Objective: To introduce the experience of treating calcaneal fracture malunion.

Method: Between December 2009 and April 2011, eleven patients with calcaneal malunion were treated operatively.