The remains included a heel bone with a nail driven through it from the side.
In addition, x-rays will be requested to help the surgeon evaluate the structure of the heel bone.
In 1996, he suffered a fall from a rock face and shattered both heel bones.
He did so whilst nursing a broken heel bone.
What it is A bump on the back of the heel bone.
Each one connects your calf muscles to your heel bone.
Often, they result from too much stress on your heel bone and the tissues that surround it.
Worn heels increase any uneven pressure on your heel bone.
A bone spur or growth may form in the back of the heel bone.
"About 90 percent of the heel bone is the trabecular stuff that looks like sea coral," he said.