Bilateral calcaneal fracture in childhood Case report and review of the literature

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E. van Frank
J.-C. Ward
P. Engelhardt
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[1] Orthopaedic Department and Traumatology,
[2] Kantonsspital St. Gallen,undefined
[3] Rorschacher-Strasse 95,undefined
[4] CH-9007 St. Gallen,undefined
[5] Switzerland Tel: +41-71.494.11.11,undefined
[6] Fax: +41-71.494.28.69,undefined
[7] Orthopaedic Department,undefined
[8] Urban Hospital,undefined
[9] Berlin,undefined
[10] Germany,undefined
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Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery | 1998年 / 118卷
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Young Child; Young Patient; Joint Involvement; Calcaneal Fracture; Additional Fracture;
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Calcaneal fractures in young children are rare. Bilateral calcaneal fractures in this age group are exceptional. In the literature only 4 cases of bilateral calcaneal fractures have been reported, and the youngest patient was 6 years old (range 6–17 years) [2, 8]. Jonasch [4] estimated that calcaneal fractures accounted for 0.005% of all fractures before the age of 15, in contrast to 1%–2% in adults. This is confirmed by other studies [5, 8, 10]. It is not unlikely that the incidence is indeed higher because the joint involvement in childhood injuries is often subtle, and the fracture can easily be overlooked on initial X-ray examination [7, 8]. We survey the literature and report the case of a 5-year-old boy who sustained bilateral calcaneal fractures and an additional fracture of the neck of the talus on one side, a combination which to our knowledge has never been described before.
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