ArticleInternational orthopaedics2014
Management of displaced intra-articular calcaneal fractures using the limited open sinus tarsi approach and fixation by screws only technique.
Article in International orthopaedics, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 27 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
27 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 82 citations in OpenAlex.
- The role of early weight bearing in the aftertreatment of unilateral displaced intraarticular calcaneal fractures: a systematic review and pooled analysis.Journal of orthopaedics and traumatology : official journal of the Italian Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology · 2025Pooled it
- Comparison between screw fixation and plate fixation via sinus tarsi approach for displaced intra-articular calcaneal fractures: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Archives of orthopaedic and trauma surgery · 2024Pooled it
- A prospective comparative study between percutaneous cannulated screws and Kirschner wires in treatment of displaced intra-articular calcaneal fractures.International orthopaedics · 2022Trial
- Percutaneous fixation of intraarticular joint-depression calcaneal fractures with different screw configurations - a biomechanical human cadaveric analysis.European journal of trauma and emergency surgery : official publication of the European Trauma Society · 2022Trial
- Vitamin C prevention of complex regional pain syndrome after foot and ankle surgery: a prospective randomized study of three hundred and twenty nine patients.International orthopaedics · 2021Trial
- Trial
- Wrist external fixator-assisted percutaneous reduction for intra-articular calcaneal fractures: clinical and radiographic outcomes.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2026Article
- Early Full Weight-Bearing After Calcaneal Fracture Using a Heel-Unloader Orthosis: Equivalent Radiographic Outcomes Compared to Traditional Cast Treatment.Foot & ankle orthopaedics · 2026Article
- Article
- Development of a predictive model for post-surgical chronic pain: a retrospective analysis of calcaneal fracture patients.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2025Article
- A tailored distractor-assisted percutaneous minimally invasive treatment for Sanders II and III calcaneus fractures: a consecutive cohort study with medium-term results.Frontiers in surgery · 2025Article
- Postoperative 3D computed tomographic evaluation of 92 calcaneal fracture reduction using the sinus tarsi technique and fixation with 3.5 mm cortical screws.European journal of orthopaedic surgery & traumatology : orthopedie traumatologie · 2024Article
- Three-dimensional printed cast assisted screw fixation of calcaneal fractures: a prospective study.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2023Article
- Outcomes of Early Weight Bearing in Displaced Intra-articular Calcaneus Fractures Treated with Screws-Only Fixation Technique.Indian journal of orthopaedics · 2023Article
- A windows technique for sustentaculum tali screw fixation using the sinus tarsi approach for calcaneal fractures: a cadaveric study.Archives of orthopaedic and trauma surgery · 2023Article
- Comparing less invasive plate fixation versus screw fixation of displaced intra-articular calcaneus fracture via sinus tarsi approach.International orthopaedics · 2021Article
- Same wound complications between extensile lateral approach and sinus tarsi approach for displaced intra-articular calcaneal fractures with the same locking compression plates fixation: a 9-year follow-up of 384 patients.European journal of trauma and emergency surgery : official publication of the European Trauma Society · 2021Article
- Could percutaneous fixation with crossed Schanz pins be an alternative to open reduction in the treatment of intra-articular calcaneal fractures?International orthopaedics · 2021Article
- Comparison of calcaneus joint internal and external fractures in open surgery and minimal invasive methods in patients.European journal of translational myology · 2018Article
- Clinical application of the sinus tarsi approach in the treatment of intra-articular calcaneal fracture.Medicine · 2018Article
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
purposeEvaluation of management of the displaced intra-articular calcaneal fractures (DIACF) Sanders types II and III by using minimally invasive sinus tarsi approach and fixation by screws only technique.
methodsOpen reduction using the limited lateral approach and internal fixation using screws only was studied in 33 patients with unilateral isolated simple DIACF with a mean age of 35 years (15 type II patients and 18 type III patients). All patients were evaluated both clinically and radiologically.
resultsWith a mean follow-up period of 28.8 months (range 12-53 months), no cases of failure of reduction or displacement of hardware were detected. The mean AOFAS was 91.73 points while the mean MFS was 95.09 points. Twenty-eight patients were able to resume their pre-injury level of work while the remaining five refrained to sedentary jobs. The mean pre-operative Bohlers' angle was 2.8° (range from -38º to 24º) while postoperatively it was 19.4° (range 5º to 49º). There was no statistically significant difference when comparing the results (AOFAS p-value 1.00, MFS p-value 0.81) between Sanders' type II and III fractures. One patient had postoperative superficial wound infection. Seven patients complained of prominent screw heads. Complex regional pain syndrome occurred in seven patients and was treated successfully at six months duration.
conclusionThe limited open sinus tarsi approach can be used successfully to treat displaced Sanders type II and III fractures. It allows for adequate visualization and reduction. Fixation by screws only is also sufficient. It also clearly avoids the major wound complication problems.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.