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The American Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society (AOFAS) score was adopted as a method of clinical evaluation; the mean AOFAS score was 78.4. All cases showed radiographic evidence of adequate healing, with no collapse till the final follow-up. Complications included persistent pain, subtalar arthritis, deep infection and superficial pin site infection.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>The use of the sinus tarsi approach and percutaneous KWs represents a minimally invasive approach which expands the indications of surgery for displaced intra-articular calcaneal fractures with fewer treatment-related complications.<\/jats:p>\n                <jats:p><jats:italic>Level of evidence<\/jats:italic> (4) case series.<\/jats:p>\n                <jats:p><jats:italic>Trial registration<\/jats:italic> This study has been approved by the ethical research committee of the Faculty of Medicine, Tanta University, under the code: 35901\/10\/22.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1186\/s10195-022-00680-5","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2023,1,21]],"date-time":"2023-01-21T10:02:59Z","timestamp":1674295379000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/springer_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":12,"title":["Minimally invasive K-wire fixation of displaced intraarticular calcaneal fractures through a minimal sinus tarsi approach"],"prefix":"10.1186","volume":"24","author":[{"given":"Ayman Youssef","family":"Eltabbaa","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Mahmoud Abdelmonem","family":"El-Rosasy","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Mohammed Roshdy","family":"El-Tabbakh","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-7027-0733","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Mostafa Naguib","family":"Elfakhrany","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"297","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2023,1,21]]},"reference":[{"key":"680_CR1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Arastu M, Sheehan B, Buckley R (2014) Minimally invasive reduction and fixation of displaced calcaneal fractures: surgical technique and radiographic analysis. 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