[Treatment of intra-articular calcaneus fracture in the standard care hospital].

A total of 49 intra-articular fractures of the calcaneum were treated from January 1985 to December 1988. Intra-articular fracture of the calcaneum is an indication for surgery except when the bones are totally fractured. The patients who had undergone surgery had better results as measured by ability to work, gait pattern and radiological findings of arthrosis