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AVULSION FRACTURE OF THE OS CALCIS
ABRAHAM S. ROTHBERG
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The Hospital for Joint Diseases
1939 by The American Orthopaedic Association, Inc.
The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery.  1939; 21:218-220 
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Abstract

In the case of fracture of the os calcis due to contraction of the muscles which has been described, although infection set in at the operative site, the patient made a complete recovery. She is able to walk considerable distances even though the tendo achillis was not lengthened.

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