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Primary subtalar arthrodesis with percutaneous screw fixation and bone grafting through mini-open sinus tarsi approach for Sanders type IV bilateral calcaneal fracture – three-year follow-up case report
ПРИМАРНА СУПТАЛАРНА АРТРОДЕЗА СА ПЕРКУТАНОМ ФИКСАЦИЈОМ ЗАВРТЊИМА И ПОПУЊАВАЊЕМ ДЕФЕКТА КОШТАНИМ ГРАФТОМ КРОЗ МИНИ-ОТВОРЕН SINUS TARSI ПРИСТУП У РЕШАВАЊУ БИЛАТЕРАЛНОГ ПРЕЛОМА КАЛАНЕУСА IV ТИПА ПО САНДЕРСУ – ПРИКАЗ БОЛЕСНИКА СА ТРОГОДИШЊИМ ПЕРИОДОМ ПРАЋЕЊА
- Часопис
- Serbian Archives of Medicine
- Објављено
- Srp Arh Celok Lek. 2024;152(1–2):76–80.
- Врста рада
- CASE REPORTS
Abstract
Introduction Calcaneus fractures are rare but potentially debilitating injuries. Most of them are displaced intraarticular fractures, whose management is among controversial issues. There is no consensus on whether to operate or not. The most often chosen surgical treatment is open reduction and internal fixation as the primary method. Failure of this surgery often needs secondary subtalar arthrodesis as definitive management, so primary subtalar arthrodesis in cases with severe comminution represents definitive treatment in one stage with good functional results.
Case outline We present a case of a 54-year-old male patient with a severely comminuted (Sanders type IV) bilateral calcaneus fracture. After the withdrawal of local swelling and disappearance of fracture blisters, the patient was operated on using one-stage bilateral subtalar arthrodesis with percutaneous screw fixation and bone grafting performed through a mini-open sinus tarsi approach. The early post-operative period was uneventful. The patient did not walk for the first seven postoperative weeks, after which rehabilitation was continued with partial weight bearing with a gradual increase of weight-bearing to full over the next five weeks, after which walking aids were completely phased out. Three years after surgery, the patient has no symptoms and has a close-to-normal gait.
Conclusion Although this type of injury has traditionally been treated with open reduction and internal fixation, we believe that primary subtalar arthrodesis with bone grafting through a mini-open sinus tarsi approach can benefit patients with severe comminution of calcaneus, allowing good functional results and patient satisfaction, with fewer postoperative complications and faster definitive recovery.
Keywords: intra-articular fractures; calcaneus; subtalar joint; arthrodesis