Comment to the paper 'balloon reduction and cement fixation in intra-articular calcaneal fractures: a percutaneous approach to intra-articular calcaneal fractures' by Jacquot et al.

摘要

We read with interest the comments and questions by Zhao et al. on our paper titled "Balloon reduction and cement fixation in intra-articular calcaneal fractures: a percutaneous approach to intra-articular calcaneal fractures" [1] and we wish to bring some clarification to the matter.First, it is our understanding that open reduction and internal fixation (ORIF) through a lateral approach, the procedure now considered standard treatment, is a difficult technique and plagued with many problems, not the least of which is soft-tissue involvement. Obviously, the more violent the trauma to the bone and soft tissue, the more articular fracture comminution interferes with the achievement of a satisfactory clinical result using the standard technique. Thus, we believe the technique we used in our series avoids the difficulties of standard ORIF.