TY - JOUR
T1 - Charcot foot reconstruction with combined internal and external fixation
T2 - Case report
AU - Capobianco, Claire M.
AU - Ramanujam, Crystal L.
AU - Zgonis, Thomas
PY - 2010/2/11
Y1 - 2010/2/11
N2 - Charcot neuroarthropathy is a destructive and often-limb threatening process that can affect patients with peripheral neuropathy of any etiology. Early recognition and appropriate management is crucial to prevention of catastrophic outcomes. Delayed diagnosis and subsequent pedal collapse often preclude successful conservative management of these deformities and necessitate surgical intervention for limb salvage. We review the current literature on surgical reconstruction of Charcot neuroarthropathy and present a case report of foot reconstruction with combined internal and external fixation methods.
AB - Charcot neuroarthropathy is a destructive and often-limb threatening process that can affect patients with peripheral neuropathy of any etiology. Early recognition and appropriate management is crucial to prevention of catastrophic outcomes. Delayed diagnosis and subsequent pedal collapse often preclude successful conservative management of these deformities and necessitate surgical intervention for limb salvage. We review the current literature on surgical reconstruction of Charcot neuroarthropathy and present a case report of foot reconstruction with combined internal and external fixation methods.
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U2 - 10.1186/1749-799X-5-7
DO - 10.1186/1749-799X-5-7
M3 - Article
C2 - 20181223
AN - SCOPUS:77649166992
VL - 5
JO - Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research
JF - Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research
SN - 1749-799X
IS - 1
M1 - 7
ER -