Official Journal of the Italian Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology
Table 5 Comparison of the preoperative and postoperative radiological parameters of displaced calcaneal fractures treated with plate osteosynthesis with bone grafting (group A) or without bone grafting (group B)
From: Surgical treatment of displaced intra-articular calcaneal fractures: is bone grafting necessary?
Radiological parameter | Group A | Group B | p value |
|---|---|---|---|
Average value ± standard deviation | Average value ± standard deviation | ||
Mean Bohler’s angle (°) | |||
Immediate post-op | 28.2 ± 6.2 | 28.1 ± 6.3 | 0.52 |
At 2-year follow-up | 25.4 ± 6.1 | 21.2 ± 7.2 | 0.042 |
Bohler’s angle loss | 3.5 ± 1.4 | 6.2 ± 2.5 | 0.014 |
Mean Gissane angle (°) | |||
Immediate post-op | 120.4 ± 8.4 | 118.8 ± 9.8 | 0.58 |
At 2-year follow-up | 124.2 ± 7.6 | 122.4 ± 9.2 | 0.54 |
Angle change | 3.8 ± 1.8 | 3.6 ± 2.1 | 0.48 |
Mean calcaneal height (mm) | |||
Immediate post-op | 42.8 ± 3.1 | 42.6 ± 4.2 | 0.62 |
At 2-year follow-up | 40.0 ± 3.6 | 40.1 ± 3.8 | 0.52 |
Height loss | 2.8 ± 1.4 | 2.5 ± 1.2 | 0.68 |