Externally, protective emollient, especially as Linimentum Calcis (which see under Calx) in burns.
Obliteration of the superficial bursa over the summit of the os calcis is not likely to cause serious inconvenience or distress to the subject unless it be due to an infected wound.
In these circumstances the os calcis was the bone most frequently implicated, and that by tracks taking an oblique course downwards from the leg to the sole.
On the whole the prognosis in cases of injury to the os calcis was the best, since the injury was more often individual and did not implicate any joint, and also because of the comparatively regular architecture of the bone.
Osteotomy of the front of the os calcis and neck of the astragalus will at times be necessary for a radical cure.
The os calcis is crushed between the astragalus and the ground.
The astragalus and os calcis are the tarsal bones that are usually affected.
In the true subastragaloid form, the astragalus continues to articulate with the tibia and fibula, but it is displaced from its articulation with the os calcis and scaphoid.
If there is extensive comminution of the os calcis or astragalus, the malleoli may be a little lower than normal.
Spurs running out from the under side of the os calcis found by the aid of the X-ray.
The outlook is better in those cases of fracture of the os calcis in which there is a large heel fragment, than if the fracture is comminuted.
The changes in the other bones are not important; the chief obstacles to reduction lie in the os calcis and in the astragalus.
Two forms of dislocation can occur in the joint between the astragalus and the two tarsal bones (os calcis and scaphoid) with which it articulates.
This process is continued till the tuberosity of the os calcis is fairly turned, and the tendo Achillis nearly reached.
In it the flap is made as in Syme's, then anterior bones removed as in Chopart's, and os calcis grasped by lion forceps and twisted off, its attachment and the insertion of tendo Achillis being cautiously avoided.
The joint of the os cuboides and os calcis lies pretty nearly in the same transverse line, but rather obliquely forwards.
In those comparatively rare cases in which the os calcis is alone affected, the rest of the tarsus and the ankle-joint being healthy, a considerable difference of opinion exists as to the proper course to be followed.
The mesial axis of the os calcisis almost directly vertical, with a slight forward inclination, forming a right angle with the bones in front of the mediotarsal joint.
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