Contents

Foreword
1. Introduction
2. Anatomy
2.1. Bone anathomy
2.2. Topographical anatomy
2.3. Pathoanatomy of fractures
3. Diagnostics
3.1. Case history
3.2. Clinical examination
3.3. Radiographic diagnosis
4. Classifications
4.1. Classifications based on Conventional Radiographs
4.2. Classifications based on computed tomography scanning
4.3. Authors´own classification
5. Therapy
5.1. Nonoperative treatment
5.2. Operative treatment
6. Authors´own operative method
6.1. Diagnosis
6.2. Indication
6.3. Operative technique
6.4. Postoperative treatment
6.5. Group of patients
6.6. Evaluation
6.7. Results
6.8. Discussion
7. Complications
7.1. Complications caused by trauma
7.2. Iatrogenous causes
7.3. Early complications
7.4. Late complications
7.5. Prevention
8. Compromised soft tissue healing
8.1. Early defects
8.2. Late defects
9. Calcaneal fractures in children
9.1. Incidence
9.2. Development and anatomy
9.3. Aetiology
9.4. Diagnostics
9.5. Forms of calcaneal fractures in children and their classification
9.6. Therapy
9.7. Complications and sequelae
10. Conclusion