[Comminuted intra-articular fractures of the calcaneus]

The article analyzes 31 operations of arthrodesis of the talocalcaneonavicular joint performed at early terms after trauma in patients with comminuted intraarticular fractures of the heel bone. Long-term results of the treatment were followed-up during 6 months-6 years. It was shown that early arthrodesis of the talocalcaneonavicular joint made the terms of invalidism shorter and reduced considerably the percentage of invalidism in patients with severe intraarticular fractures of the heel bone.