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Glenn B Pfeffer1, Edward T Haupt
1From the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA (Pfeffer), and the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Mayo Clinic Florida, Jacksonville, FL (Haupt).
Abstract:
Charcot-Marie-Tooth (CMT) disease is the most commonly inherited neuropathy. CMT disease is a motor-sensory neuropathy with multiple genotypes. By comparison, the phenotypic expression is more uniform, with two main presentations. Most patients who need surgical care have progressive cavovarus foot deformity, with muscle imbalance causing a nonplantigrade foot, soft-tissue contractures, and abnormal bone morphology. Surgical treatment can be life-changing for these patients, allowing them to walk potentially brace free with more endurance and less pain. Early realignment procedures may reduce progression of joint arthritis. A minority of patients have diffuse paralysis below the knee. These patients are best treated with ground-reaction ankle-foot orthoses. This review article is based on the senior author's extensive experience with CMT, along with the limited evidenced-based literature.
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