to avoid these vexing complications

to avoid these vexing complications, the microvascularizationof the posterior lateral skin flap should be protected. Theminimal invasion approach or percutaneous reductioncould avoid damaging LCA. However, achieving the idealreduction and stable fixation of calcaneal fractured fragments is difficult in these procedures, thereby leading topoor clinical outcomes [4, 5]. Moreover, some modifications of ELA were proposed, such as making a curved corner of the incision to decrease the wound complicationsrates, and several new wound closure techniques were alsodevised, but failed to avoid injury of LCA [6]. Meanwhile,different metallic implants were designed for minimally invasive approaches or other newly developed approaches.However, secondary surgical procedures for metallic implant removal were also a wound-healing risk. Fixationstrength of biodegradable implants was described previously, and its safety and effects at different terms were alsoconfirmed [7–9].To reduce wound complications after ELA, we deviseda new technique of lateral wall osteotomy combinedwith embedded biodegradable plate and screws for treating DIACFs. This study aimed to present this new surgical technique and report our preliminary results.