ArticleInternational orthopaedics2021
Comparing less invasive plate fixation versus screw fixation of displaced intra-articular calcaneus fracture via sinus tarsi approach.
Article in International orthopaedics, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers, 1 of them a synthesis 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
12 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled 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
- Combined extensile medial and sinus tarsi approaches for intra-articular calcaneus fractures: a case series.BMC surgery · 2026Article
- Safe and Accurate Sustentaculum Screw Placement in Minimally Invasive Surgery for Calcaneal Fractures: The "Sustentaculum View" Technique.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Article
- Article
- Current Concepts in Intra-articular Calcaneus Fractures.Revista brasileira de ortopedia · 2025Article
- [Current Concepts in Intra-articular Calcaneus Fractures].Revista brasileira de ortopedia · 2025Article
- A Mid-Term Result of the Treatment of Intra-Articular Calcaneal Fractures with the Use of Intramedullary Nailing.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
- A simple modified technique for screw fixation of displaced intra-articular calcaneus fracture through a sinus tarsi approach: a comparison with plate fixation.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2024Article
- Implant Choice and Outcomes of the Sinus Tarsi Approach for Displaced Intra-articular Calcaneal Fractures.Foot & ankle international · 2023Article
- Emergency surgery of intra-articular calcaneal fractures using sinus tarsi approach with modified reduction technique.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2023Article
- Articular calcaneal fractures: open or minimally invasive surgery, when the medial wall reduction is obtained percutaneously from the lateral side.International orthopaedics · 2021Article
- Evaluation of patient outcomes after operative treatment of intra-articular calcaneus fractures.SICOT-J · 2021Article
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
7 authors.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
purposeThe purpose of this study was to compare the post-operative radiographic and clinical outcomes of less invasive plate fixation versus screw fixation of displaced intra-articular calcaneus fractures (DIACFs) via sinus tarsi approach.
methodsA total of 165 consecutive DIACFs that underwent open reduction internal fixation via sinus tarsi approach from 2013 to 2018 were reviewed at least a two year follow-up. The methods of fixation were divided into two groups: less invasive plate fixation versus screw fixation of calcaneus fracture (59 vs 106, respectively). The radiographic outcomes including pre- and post-operative Bohler's and Gissane's angles were evaluated. The post-operative function was evaluated using the American Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society (AOFAS) hindfoot score, the Olerud and Molander Scale and the Visual Analogue Scale (VAS). The complications, the rates of implant removal and cost were also compared.
resultsThe average follow-up was 44.2 months in the plate groups and 47.9 months in the screw groups (P > 0.05). There was no significant difference in the Bohler's angle and Gissane's angle between the plate group and screw group during the pre-operation and the last follow-up. There was no significant difference in the final AOFAS score, Olerud and Molander score and VAS score between the two groups (P > 0.05). The total incidence of complications was 6.7% in the plate group and 6.6% in the screw group (P > 0.05). The rates of implant removal and total cost during the hospitalization in the plate group were significantly higher compared with screws group (P < 0.05).
conclusionThe less invasive plate fixation versus screw fixation of DIACFs via sinus tarsi approach contributed comparable quality of reduction, complications and post-operative functional outcomes. The less invasive plate technique was significantly higher in terms of implant costs and the rate of implant removal.
Indexed as
Identifiers
33145609What 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.