Naveen Pattisapu, Dave T Huang, Giselle Porter, Rebisi Owhonda, Timothy Charlton, Christopher Gross, David Thordarson, Melodie F Metzger
BACKGROUND: Even with the best conservative care, patients with Charcot neuroarthropathy (CN) of the foot and ankle often ulcerate, increasing their risk of infection, amputation, and death. Surgical fixation has been associated with risk of recurrent ulceration, potentially due to poor bone quality prone to recurrent deformity and ulceration. We propose midfoot beam reconstruction with PMMA augmentation as a novel means of improving fixation. METHODS: A protocol was developed to create characteristic CN midfoot fragmentation both visually and fluoroscopically in each of 12 matched-pair cadaveric feet...
March 19, 2024: Foot & Ankle International