Below-knee amputation for Charcot joint developing 40 years after spinal cord injury. Case report.
A Charcot joint developed following a spinal cord injury in a patient who had sustained a fracture-dislocation of the 12th thoracic vertebra and a spinal cord injury in a cave-in accident in a coal mine 40 years previously, and had since been assisted in walking with the aid of a short leg brace and a cane. Recently, the patient developed Charcot joints of the right knee and ankle, and the right ankle joint also became infected with a refractory open wound necessitating a below-knee amputation.
Division of Rehabilitation Medicine, Kyushu Rousai Hospital, Kitakyushu City, Japan.
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D000368:Aged; D000671:Amputation, Surgical; D001177:Arthropathy, Neurogenic / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007866:Leg / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D019736:Prostheses and Implants; D013119:Spinal Cord Injuries / Q000150:complications*