Other than demonstrating a slightly more depressed Bohler's angle, patients sustaining bilateral calcaneal fractures are very similar to those in whom the injury is confined to one side. The evidence presented here does not definitively support primary operative intervention for bilateral calcaneal fractures. Neither objective nor subjective functional outcomes are significantly improved following such intervention. However, careful operative patient selection will minimize complications and lessen the need for late subtalar arthrodesis.
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