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Area of Science:

  • Orthopedics
  • Podiatry
  • Diabetic Foot Care

Background:

  • Limb salvage procedures can cause biomechanical dysfunction.
  • Charcot's neuroarthropathy (CN) patients are at risk for further breakdown after interventions.
  • Rearfoot interventions like partial calcanectomy have not been studied for CN progression.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the risk of new or progressive Charcot's neuroarthropathy (CN) after partial calcanectomy in patients with existing CN.
  • To evaluate the radiographic and clinical outcomes of partial calcanectomy in this patient population.

Main Methods:

  • Retrospective review of eight patients with a history of CN who underwent partial calcanectomy.
  • Analysis of medical records and radiographic characterization over a 7.25-year period.
  • Exclusion of patients with contralateral limb involvement.

Main Results:

  • Two patients (25%) showed multi-joint breakdown; three developed CN post-calcanectomy.
  • Sanders-Frykberg classifications ranged from SF II to SF IV/V.
  • Post-calcanectomy CN occurred a mean of 350 days after surgery, affecting the rearfoot joints, with a 66.7% limb salvage rate.

Conclusions:

  • Partial calcanectomy does not significantly threaten limbs in antecedent CN patients.
  • Clinicians should be aware of the potential for rearfoot CN breakdown post-calcanectomy.
  • Three cases of post-calcanectomy CN breakdown highlight the need for vigilance regarding this complication.