PURPOSE: Long-term results after treatment of @entity174 are rare. For this reason, we conducted a retrospective follow-up after a minimum of 20  years post surgery. METHODS: Between 1990 and 1994, a total of 66 @entity1 received surgical treatment for displaced @entity174 . At that time, osteosynthesis was performed using small, one-third tubular plates. After collecting empirical data, we conducted a follow-up at least 20  years post surgery using X-ray imaging and clinical questionnaires (AOFAS and SF-36 questionnaire). RESULTS: It was possible to recruit a total of 22/66 @entity1 (33  %) after a mean of 22  years (range, 20-24) post surgery. With regard to the AOFAS scores (mean value, 74 points), 12 showed very good or good results, four showed average and six poor results. @entity1 with orthopaedic shoes also had low AOFAS scores. The Boehler's angle had been increased from +2   prior to surgery to +21   post-operatively. At the time of follow-up, the mean value was +17  . The angle correlated with the AOFAS score. Also, the SF-36 physical score was clearly reduced when compared to a general population, and correlated significantly with the AOFAS score. CONCLUSION: There is still no evidence that open reduction and internal fixation of @entity174 results in better outcomes than conservative therapy. This has been confirmed by our long-term results that provided disillusioning results: in a small population, only 55  % of the @entity1 showed very good or good clinical overall results. Furthermore, SF-36 showed impaired physical subscores, which correlated significantly with the AOFAS.

Long-term results of surgically treated XXXX : an analysis with a minimum follow-up period of twenty years.

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['patients', 'Patients'] @entity174 :: ('MESH:D050723', 'Disease') :: ['calcaneal fractures']
@entity174 :: (MESH:D050723,Disease) :: ['calcaneal fractures']
