title: Chronic retrocalcaneal bursitis treated by resection of the calcaneus.
abstract: Resection of the posterosuperior aspect of the calcaneus was performed on 43 heels, in 35 patients with chronic retrocalcaneal bursitis. Forty heels in 32 patients were reviewed either by a clinical and radiographical examination (35 heels), or by a questionnaire (5 heels) after an average of 6 years (range 1-12 years). Fifty percent of the heels were cured and additionally 20% improved, but when surgery was performed within 1 year, 92% of the heels were either cured or improved. No correlation was found between the result of surgery and the estimated size of the resection made at surgery.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Centralsygehuset, Naestved, Denmark.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Angermann
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002062:Bursitis / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D002111:Calcaneus / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D002648:Child; D002908:Chronic Disease; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006365:Heel; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged