Percutaneous fixation of intraarticular joint-depression calcaneal fractures with different screw configurations - a biomechanical human cadaveric analysis.
Stoyan IvanovAleksandar StefanovIvan ZdericChristian RodemundTim SchepersDominic GehweilerJan DauweTorsten PastorBiser MakelovDimitur RaykovRobert Geoffrey RichardsBoyko GueorguievPublished in: European journal of trauma and emergency surgery : official publication of the European Trauma Society (2022)
From a biomechanical perspective, posterior facet support by means of buttress or superiorly inserted longitudinal screws results in less plantar movement between the calcaneal tuberosity and the anterior fragments. Inferiorly inserted longitudinal screws are associated with bigger interfragmentary movements.