• Injury · Jul 2019

    Tuber-to-Anterior Process Angle (TAPA): A cadaveric study and surgical technique for placing axial calcaneal screws.

    • Kristen L Stupay, Jorge Briceño, Brian T Velasco, Christopher P Miller, and John Y Kwon.
    • Harvard Combined Orthopaedic Surgery Residency Program, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, United States. Electronic address: jykwon@bidmc.harvard.edu.
    • Injury. 2019 Jul 1; 50 (7): 1398-1403.

    AbstractWe describe results of a cadaveric study and an accompanying surgical technique which simplifies posterior-to-anterior axial screw placement into the calcaneus, often utilized during fixation of displaced intra-articular calcaneus fractures or calcaneal osteotomies. By defining the Tuber-to-Anterior Process Angle (TAPA), this technique facilitates axial screw placement, thereby decreasing reliance on intraoperative fluoroscopy and reducing operative time.Copyright © 2019 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

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