title: Successful treatment of bilateral open calcaneal fractures with concomitant lower extremity injuries: A case report.
abstract: Open calcaneal fractures are high morbidity injuries and the risk of complications depends on the concomitant injuries, on the size and the position of the traumatic wound. A 53-year-old male patient with bilateral open calcaneal fractures and associated concomitant lower extremity injuries such as subtalar dislocation, talonavicular dislocation and open distal tibial metaphyseal fracture was immediately operated by percutaneous Kirschner wire fixation combined with external fixators. He was able to walk with full weight bearing without any assistance at the end of the first postoperative year. Early aggressive debridement and irrigation followed by fixation with percutaneous Kirschner wires and external fixator can supply bony alignment in open comminuted calcaneal fractures associated with concomitant lower extremity injuries and should be considered for the healthy and active patients before primary arthrodesis.
authors.affiliation: The Hospital of University of Abant Izzet Baysal, Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Bolu, Turkey. maguven2000@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Melih
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Güven
authors.forename: Namık Kemal
authors.initials: NK
authors.lastname: Ozkan
authors.forename: Murat
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cakar
authors.forename: Umut
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Yavuz
authors.forename: Budak
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Akman
authors.forename: Barış
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Kadıoğlu