title: [Treatment without plaster cast of intra-articular fractures of calcaneus united by means of a kirschner wire bundle].
abstract: A treatment without plaster cast is presented of intra-articular fractures of calcaneus. In nine patients after fracture reduction by the Westhues method or by operation, the fragments were united by means of divergent bundle of Kirschner wires, introduced from the side of calcaneal tuber. The obtained stabilization made possible an early rehabilitation treatment. In no case a secondary displacement of fragments occurred after removal of uniting wires. Poor result was noted only after surgical treatment complicated with osteitis.
authors.affiliation: Oddziału Chirurgii Urazowo-Ortopedycznej, Szpitala Bielańskiego, Warszawie.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Rapała
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001864:Bone Wires; D002111:Calcaneus / Q000293:injuries*; D002370:Casts, Surgical; D005592:Fracture Fixation / Q000379:methods*; D050723:Fractures, Bone / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male
vernacular_title: Bezgipsowe leczenie stawowych złamań kości pietowej zespolonej wiazka drutów Kirschnera.