Background: Calcaneal fractures have considerable debate of the appropriate methods of management and how to lessen potential complications.
Objective: Evaluation of intra-articular calcaneal fractures that treated by minimally invasive methods.
Patients and Methods: A prospective study has been conducted on twenty patients having intra-articular calcaneal fractures and were managed by minimally invasive methods of fixation at Al Azhar university hospitals, Cairo, Egypt, after that they have been followed up for 6 months.
Results: According to the American Orthopedic Foot and Ankle Society (AOFAS) Ankle-Hind foot Score. There was: excellent (5 feet (25%), good (11 feet (55%), fair (2 feet (10%) and poor (2 feet (10%). The average score was 83 with a range of 68 to 95. No patient in this series experienced any failure of hard-ware, or developed deep infections. Complications included: superficial pin tract infection, varus heel deformity, flexion deformity of the big toe, reflex sympathetic dystrophy, subtalar arthritis and painful heel.
Conclusion: Management of calcaneal, intra-articular, fractures by minimally invasive techniques is a viable surgical alternate as it provides shorter time of surgery, nominal invasiveness, less serious wound problems, and no residual hardware (in case of pinning). Their drawbacks include technical issues and inadequate reduction fracture fragment.