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Characteristics of anterior inferior calcaneal cortex.

BACKGROUND: Minimal invasive surgery of calcaneal fracture provided satisfactory outcomes. In tongue type calcaneal fracture, percutaneous screw usually purchases in anterior inferior calcaneal cortex. However, there was no detail about the cortex of anterior inferior calcaneus so the surface anatomy and cortical thickness of this area were studied.

METHODS: 88 calcaneus from embalmed cadavers were enrolled. Anterior part of the inferior cortex was identified. Surface anatomy was examined. Length, anterior and posterior widths were measured. Anterior inferior calcaneal cortex was divided into anterior, middle and posterior segments. The cortical thickness at middle, medial most and lateral most of 3 segments were measured.

RESULTS: Anterior inferior calcaneal cortex was a long trapezoidal shape with well-defined borders as a dense and thick cortical bone, convex relief from medial and lateral walls. Mean(SD) length was 33.40(3.46) millimeters (mm). Median(min,max) of anterior and posterior width were 10.50(8.21,19.26) mm and 14.00(10.05,20.42) mm, respectively. Mean(SD) of middle cortical thickness of anterior and middle segment were 3.12(0.76) and 3.72(0.74). Median(min,max) middle cortical thickness of posterior segment was 3.13(1.62,6.51) mm. Whereas, of the medial most were 1.31(0.78,3.11), 1.31(0.90,2.57) and 1.26(0.85,2.61) mm and of the lateral most were 1.17(0.67,2.64), 1.38(0.80,2.55) and 1.31(0.84,2.61) mm, respectively. Inter-intraobserver reliabilities of the measurements were >0.79. The statistical analysis showed the middle cortex is significantly the thickest (P<0.001) and posterior width is significant wider than the anterior (P<0.001).

CONCLUSIONS: Anterior inferior calcaneal cortex has special characteristics in term of surface anatomy, width and thickness. For the percutaneous screw insertion from posterosuperior to anterior inferior calcaneus in tongue type calcaneal fracture, we recommend that screw should purchase in middle cortex due to maximal cortical thickness as well as its cortical width could accept 6.5 or 7.0mm screw without screw extrusion.

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