Objective:To compare the post-operative outcomes between extended lateral approach and L-shaped lateral approach in surgical treatment of Sanders type III intra-articular calcaneal fractures.Methods:A retrospective case-control study was made on clinical data of 34 patients with fresh Sanders type III intra-articular calcaneal fractures hospitalized in Langfang Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine from October 2014 to October 2017. There were 33 males and 1 female, with the age of 18-56 years [(42.5±9.4)years]. All fractures were fresh. Seventeen patients were fixed by the extended lateral approach (extended approach group) and seventeen patients by L-shaped lateral approach (L-shaped approach group). Operation duration, intraoperative bleeding volume, length of hospital stay, one-stage wound healing rate and complication rate were observed. B?hler and Gissane angle were measured before operation, one week after operation and 12 months after operation. American Orthopedic Foot and Ankle Society (AOFAS) ankle-hindfoot scale was applied to evaluate function recovery.Results:There were no significant differences between groups in operative time and intraoperative bleeding volume ( P>0.05). There were significant differences between extended approach group and L-shaped approach group in length of hospital stay [(15.7±4.0)days vs.(22.4±9.6)days], one-stage wound healing rate [88%(15/17) vs. 47%(8/12)] and postoperative complication rate [12%(2/17) vs. 47%(8/17)] ( P<0.05). The B?hler and Gissane angles did not differ significantly between groups before operation and one week and 12 months after operation ( P>0.05). At postoperative 12 months, the B?hler and Gissane angles were improved from preoperative (8.2±6.0)°, (85.3±10.5)° to (23.9±6.1)° and (119.3±6.2)° respectively in extended approach group, and those from preoperative (9.4±3.9)°, (85.5±7.1)° to (25.8±3.7)° and (122.2±5.6)° respectively in L-shaped approach group (all P>0.05). At 12 months after operation, the AOFAS score was (86.9±7.5)points in extended approach group, with the excellent and good rate of 88%; and was (83.3±12.5)points in L-shaped approach group, with the excellent and good rate of 76% ( P>0.05). While the score of hindfoot joint activity in extended approach group was (5.8±0.7)points, significantly higher than (3.4±1.0)points in L-shaped approach group ( P<0.05). Conclusion:For Sanders III intraarticular calcaneal fractures, compared with L-shaped approach group, plate fixation via extended approach can promote fracture healing, shorten hospital stay, reduce incidence of complications and facilitate function recovery of subtalar joint.

Objective To explore the value of multi-sequence MRI radiomics for predicting clinical stage of cervical squamous cell carcinoma(CSCC).Methods Totally 190 patients with single CSCC confirmed by pathology were retrospectively collected.Among them,67 cases with International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics(FIGO)stage ⅠB—ⅡA were classified into early stage group,while 123 cases with FIGO ⅡB—ⅢC were enrolled in middle-late stage group.The patients were divided into training set(n=114,including 40 cases in early stage subgroup and 74 cases in middle-late stage subgroup)and test set(n=76,including 27 cases in early stage subgroup and 49 cases in middle-late stage subgroup)at the ratio of 6∶4.Single factor and logistic analyses were used to screen clinical relevant factors,and a clinical model was constructed.The best radiomics features of lesions were extracted and selected based on pre-treatment pelvic MR T2WI,diffusion-weighted imaging(DWI),dynamic contrast enhancement(DCE)-T1WI and all the three,respectively,and the radiomics models were constructed,including T2WI,DWI,DCE-TWI and combined sequences models,then a clinical-radiomics model was established based on clinical model and combined sequences model.The predictive efficacy of each model was evaluated by receiver operating characteristic curves,and the area under the curves(AUC)were calculated.The integrated discrimination improvement(IDI)index was also calculated to compare the diagnostic efficacy of each model in training set,and decision curve analysis(DCA)was used to evaluate their clinical value.Results Squamous cell carcinoma associated antigen in middle-late stage subgroup was higher than that in early stage subgroup in both training and test sets(both P＜0.05),which was used to establish the clinical model.The AUC of clinical,T2WI,DWI,DCE-TWI,combined sequences and clinical-radiomics models for predicting clinical stage of CSCC was 0.66,0.71,0.78,0.81,0.88 and 0.89 in training set,respectively,which was 0.62,0.64,0.72,0.73,0.77 and 0.76 in test set,respectively.In training set,the predictive efficacy of clinical-radiomics model was higher than that of combined sequences model(IDI=0.19,P＜0.05),both higher than that of the rest models(IDI=0.19-0.47,all P＜0.05).When the thresholds were 0.02-1.00 and 0.05-1.00,combined sequences and clinical-radiomics models had higher clinical net benefits in training set.Conclusion Multi-sequence MRI radiomics could effectively predict clinical stage of CSCC,and combining clinical data could improve its diagnostic efficacy.