Outpatient treatment of calcaneus fractures in children

In the trauma center from 1973 to 1979, 80 cases of fractures of the heel bones in children were registered. Since both calcaneus were injured in 4 victims, the number of fractures was 84, or 1.0% of all fractures and 10.9% of foot fractures in children aged 1 to 15 years. 73 children with calcaneus injuries are boys. There were only 12 children under the age of 7, the rest were older. In all children, fractures occurred as a result of direct trauma: in 73 from a fall from a height and in 7 from a blow or compression of the heel region. The right and left heel bones were injured equally often. Significant displacement of fragments of the calcaneus with damage to its articular surfaces in children is relatively rare. We identified such fractures in 8 patients. Their treatment, as well as those of victims with fractures of both calcaneus bones, was carried out in stationary conditions.