Classification of Calcaneous Fractures

Extra articular fractures are typically a in injuries of the anterior process by the bifricate ligament. They can also be evulsion injuries of the sutentaculum tale or the calcaneal tuber city, which is an achilles tendon evulsion. In joint depression fractures, the sanders classification is based on the number of articular fragments seen on the coronal c t image at the widest point of the posterior fa. And finally, type four corresponds to a combinuted fracture with more than three fracture lines in the sterior facet, which creates four or more fragments.