Morphologic evaluation of vascular foramina in dry calcaneus.

VF were observed to be most commonly located on the lateral and medial surfaces, and least commonly on the anterior and posterior surfaces. Having adequate knowledge of the morphologic and morphometric properties of the VF is important in regarding the surgical approaches to the calcaneus towards the aim of reducing the vascular damage, especially in lateral approaches for orthopedists and of using differential sign from cystic lesions for radiologists.