A PROSPECTIVE STUDY OF RADIOLOGICAL,CLINICALAND FUNCTIONAL OUTCOMES OF CALCANEAL FRACTURE FIXATION USING CONVENTIONAL CALCANEAL PLATES

Abstract

THIS STUDY AIMS TO DETERMINE THE RADIOLOGICAL,CLINICAL AND FUNCTIONAL OUTCOMES OF CALCANEAL FRACTURES FIXED USING CONVENTIONAL CALCANEAL PLATES. THE STUDY WAS CONDUCTED BETWEEN MAY 2017 AND APRIL 2020 FOR A PERIOD OF 36 MONTHS IN SREE BALAJI MEDICAL COLLEGE HOSPITAL, CHROMEPET. THIS STUDY COMPRISES 36 PATIENTS WHO SUSTAINED INTRA ARTICULAR FRACTURES OF CALCANEUM AND UNDERWENT PLATE FIXATION WITH OR WITHOUT BONE GRAFTING . PATIENTS WERE RETRIEVED FROM MAY 2017 TO APRIL 2019 . THE MINIMUM FOLLOW UP PERIOD WAS 12 MONTHS. THE PATIENTS FOLLOWUP WAS DONE BASED ON BOHLER’S ANGLE(RADIOLOGICAL OUTCOME) , AOFAS (CLINICAL AND FUNCTIONAL OUTCOME ) .THE OUTCOMES WERE GROUPED INTO WORSE , FAIR AND GOOD PROGNOSIS .SURGICAL TECHNIQUES AND POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS WERE GIVEN METICULOUS IMPORTANCE. OF THE 36 PATIENTS,THE OUTCOME WAS BETTER IN ALL DISPLACED INTRAARTICULAR CALCANEAL FRACTURES TREATED WITH ORIF PLATE OSTEOSYNTHESIS.