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01-06-2004 | Letter to the Editor

Anterior process of the calcaneus: a clinical-radiological contribution to anatomical vocabulary

Author: W. A. Golder

Published in: Surgical and Radiologic Anatomy | Issue 3/2004

Abstract

The anterior portion of the calcaneus is not explicitly described as a bony landmark in contemporary textbooks of human anatomy. However, it may be involved in all types of fractures of the largest tarsal bone. Both surgeons and radiologists are aware of the anterolateral extension of traumatic lesions of the calcaneus. Thus, the anterior portion of the bone should be referred to uniformly as the processus anterior calcanei.

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Title: Anterior process of the calcaneus: a clinical-radiological contribution to anatomical vocabulary
Author: W. A. Golder
Publication date: 01-06-2004
Publisher: Springer-Verlag
Published in: Surgical and Radiologic Anatomy / Issue 3/2004
Print ISSN: 0930-1038
Electronic ISSN: 1279-8517
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00276-003-0220-0

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