During the course of a 5-year follow-up period, total knee arthroplasty improved calcaneal bone quality, according to study results. Researchers assessed bone quality of the calcaneus in 42 total knee ...

Pain after a calcaneal fracture is common, with many potential sites and causes for continued pain. In any one patient, there may be more than one cause of pain. Continued severe pain may be due to a ...

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Performing a subtalar arthrodesis after initial open reduction and internal fixation for displaced intra-articular calcaneal fractures was associated with better outcomes than nonoperative treatment, ...

A 17-year-old boy presented with pain in his left foot that had progressed over a six-month period. He had no history of trauma or systemic illness. On examination, he was tender over the left ...

March 19, 2004 -- Low vitamin B-12 levels are associated with an increased rate of bone loss, according to the results of a retrospective trial published in the March issue of the Journal of Clinical ...

A CT scan of the patient's right foot with the 3D-printed titanium heel implant St Vincent's Hospital, Anatomics and CSIRO Melbourne doctors, a government agency and an implant manufacturer have come ...

KOTA KINABALU: Malaysia's first 3D printed moulded calcaneal bone (heel bone) replacement was performed successfully on a young man by a team of oncologists from the Queen Elizabeth II Hospital here.