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Nelson F SooHoo1, Eugene Farng, Lucie Krenek
1UCLA Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Los Angeles, CA 90095, United States. nsoohoo@mednet.ucla.edu
Background:
The purpose of this study is to report the short-term complication rates and mid-term subtalar fusion rates following operative management of calcaneal fractures.
Methods:
This is a retrospective study of Californians undergoing operative treatment of a calaneus fracture from 1995 to 2005. The main outcomes reported are readmission for a short-term complication within 90 days of surgery and reoperation for subtalar fusion during the observation period.
Results:
We identified 4481 patients who underwent open reduction and internal fixation of their fracture as inpatients within 30 days of the index admission. The short-term rate of complications included a 90-day rate of readmission of 1.03% for wound infection, 0.25% for thromboembolic disease, and 0.22% for mortality. The mid-term rate of subtalar fusion was 3.49% at 5 years post-operatively.
Conclusions:
This study reports the short-term complication rates and mid-term subtalar fusion rates following operative management of calcaneal fractures using population-based data.
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