title: Diabetic fracture healing.
abstract: Patients with diabetic ankle fractures consistently are at greater risk of sustaining a complication during treatment than nondiabetics.other medical comorbidities, especially Charcot neuroarthropathy and peripheral vascular disease, play distinct roles in increasing these complication rates. Many options for nonoperative and operative treatment exist, but respect for soft tissue management and attention to stable, rigid fixation with prolonged immobilization and prolonged restricted weight bearing are paramount in trying to minimize problems and yield functions.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedics, University of Medicine & Dentistry-New Jersey Medical School, 185 South Orange Avenue, MSB G-574, Newark, NJ 07103, USA.
authors.forename: Ankur
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gandhi
authors.forename: Frank
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Liporace
authors.forename: Vikrant
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Azad
authors.forename: James
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Mattie
authors.forename: Sheldon S
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Lin
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D016512:Ankle Injuries / Q000150:complications / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000601:surgery; D017719:Diabetic Foot / Q000150:complications / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000601:surgery; D005593:Fracture Fixation, Internal; D017102:Fracture Healing; D050723:Fractures, Bone / Q000150:complications / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans