SUMMARY

Fractures of the calcaneus account for 2 % of all human body fractures. They present a strong social importance and a great economical impact, because they affect economically active in-dividuals. In order to recognize the evolution of calcaneus intra-joint fractures evolution, a retrospective study is presented here. The sample was constituted by 71 patients with deviated intra-joint fractures of the calcaneus, being 63 males (88.73%) and 8 females (11.27%). Ages ranged 14 to 74 years old. According to the ESSEX-LOPRESTI scale, 55 of them were joint-depressi-on type (77.46%) and 16 of tongue-kind 22.54%). The most commonly used incision was the lateral L-shape kind (91.55%). Sixty one fractures were fixed with a “double H ” plate (85.92%), 9 required only screws (12.68%) and one was fixed with Kirsch-ner wire. Seven fractures required bone graft (9.86%). The ave-rage follow-up time was 11.59 ± 6.72 months. Early complica