Soft tissue complications and timing of surgery in patients with a tongue-type displaced intra-articular calcaneal fracture: An international retrospective cohort study

Despite the fact that patients with a tongue-type fracture developed posterior skin and soft tissue compromise nearly twice as often, this difference disappeared after correction for confounders. The overall complication risk was increased in patients with tongue-type calcaneal fractures as compared to patients with a non-tongue-type fracture. Whether or not patients with tongue-type fractures require immediate surgery cannot be concluded from the data.