Charcot Foot and Ankle Reconstruction: Current Thinking and Surgical Approaches

Clinics in Podiatric Medicine and Surgery

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 505-517

  Zgonis, Thomas ^a   Roukis, Thomas S ^b   Lamm, Bradley M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b MADIGAN ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c SINAI HOSPITAL OF BALTIMORE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACHILLES TENDON LENGTHENING; ANKLE ARTHRODESIS; BONE ALLOGRAFT; BONE SCREW; CHARCOT FOOT; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DEBRIDEMENT; DIABETIC FOOT; FOOT SURGERY; FRACTURE EXTERNAL FIXATION; HUMAN; JOINT DISLOCATION; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; NEUROPATHIC JOINT DISEASE; OPEN REDUCTION; ORTHOPEDIC EQUIPMENT; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; OSTEOTOMY; PLANTAR OSTECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SKIN INCISION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TALECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEDGE OSTEOTOMY;

ANKLE; ARTHROPATHY, NEUROGENIC; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DIABETIC FOOT; EXTERNAL FIXATORS; FOOT DISEASES; HUMANS; INTERNAL FIXATORS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE;

EID: 34347224716     PISSN: 08918422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cpm.2007.03.004     Document Type: Review

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