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The aim of this study was to identify predictor variables of impaired wound healing (IWH) and LOS in surgically treated patients with isolated calcaneal fractures.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>This retrospective cohort study analyzed data on patients aged 18\u00a0years or older who were admitted to a level I trauma center with isolated calcaneal fractures between 2008 and 2018. Multivariable regression models were used to identify predictor variables.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      In total, 89 patients (age: 45.4\u00a0years; SD: 15.1) were included. In 68 of these patients, low-profile locking plate osteosynthesis was performed, and a minimally invasive approach (MIA) (percutaneous single screws\/K-wire or low-profile locking plating via a sinus tarsi approach) was applied in 21 patients. Multivariable regression analysis revealed that a higher preoperative B\u00f6hler\u2019s angle (\n                      <jats:italic>\u03b2<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u2009\u2212\u00a00.16\u00a0days\/degree, 95% CI [\u2212\u00a00.25, \u2212\u00a00.08],\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u20090.004) and MIA (\n                      <jats:italic>\u03b2<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u2009\u2212\u00a05.04\u00a0days, 95% CI [\u2212\u00a08.52, \u2212\u00a01.56],\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u20090.002) reduced the LOS. A longer time-to-surgery (\n                      <jats:italic>\u03b2<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u20091.04\u00a0days\/days, 95% CI [0.66, 1.42]\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u20090.001) and IWH increased the LOS (\n                      <jats:italic>\u03b2<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u20097.80\u00a0days, 95% CI [4.48, 11.12],\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u20090.008). In a subsequent multivariable regression analysis, two variables, open fractures (OR: 14.6, 95% CI [1.19, 180.2],\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u20090.030) and overweight (BMI\u2009&gt;\u200924) (OR: 3.65, 95% CI [1.11, 12.00],\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u20090.019), increased the risk of IWH.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Advanced treatment algorithms for open fractures are needed to reduce the risk of IWH.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1007\/s00068-021-01863-1","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2022,1,6]],"date-time":"2022-01-06T00:03:06Z","timestamp":1641427386000},"page":"3157-3163","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/springer_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":13,"title":["Predictors for wound healing complications and prolonged hospital stay in patients with isolated calcaneal fractures"],"prefix":"10.1007","volume":"48","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-7419-8687","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Felix Marius","family":"Bl\u00e4sius","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Laura Elisabeth","family":"Stockem","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Matthias","family":"Knobe","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Hagen","family":"Andruszkow","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Frank","family":"Hildebrand","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Philipp","family":"Lichte","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"297","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2022,1,6]]},"reference":[{"issue":"12","key":"1863_CR1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"2741","DOI":"10.2106\/00004623-200512000-00019","volume":"87","author":"CA Brauer","year":"2005","unstructured":"Brauer CA, Manns BJ, Ko M, Donaldson C, Buckley R. 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