TY  - JOUR
T1  - Commentary on an article by Trevor Gaskill, MD, et al.: “Comparison of Surgical Outcomes of Intra-Articular Calcaneal Fractures by Age”
AU  - Scranton, Jr. ,Pierce E.
Y1  - 2010/12/15
N1  - 10.2106/JBJS.J.01304
JO  - The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery
SP  - e40 1
EP  - 1
VL  - 92
IS  - 18
N2  - 
This well-constructed study examines the treatment outcome of open reduction and internal fixation in calcaneal fractures as related to patient age. It is a study that will be repeated time and again, across the spectrum of orthopaedic procedures, as improvements are made in surgical devices and technique and as our perceptions change with regard to the age at which a patient might be considered to be an "older" patient. Given the previous literature1,2, which indicated that patients who were older than fifty years of age and had calcaneal fractures were not candidates for open reduction and internal fixation, this study nicely takes a retrospective look at outcomes in older and younger patient groups and comes up with well-reasoned conclusions.

SN  - 0021-9355
M3  - doi: 10.2106/JBJS.J.01304
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.2106/JBJS.J.01304
ER  -