title: Advanced foot and ankle fixation techniques in patients with diabetes.
abstract: This article presents advanced techniques and current fixation constructs that are advantageous for the management of diabetic foot and ankle trauma and Charcot neuroarthropathy. Both these pathologies are often intimately related, and the fixation constructs that are required often require sound biomechanical concepts coupled with innovative approaches to achieve bone healing and limb salvage.
authors.affiliation: North Jersey Orthopaedic Specialists, 730 Palisade Avenue, Teaneck, NJ 07666, USA. Nicholas.bevilacqua@gmail.com
authors.forename: Nicholas J
authors.initials: NJ
authors.lastname: Bevilacqua
authors.forename: John J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Stapleton
mesh_terms: D016512:Ankle Injuries / Q000601:surgery; D001177:Arthropathy, Neurogenic / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D048909:Diabetes Complications; D017719:Diabetic Foot / Q000601:surgery*; D016267:External Fixators; D018409:Foot Injuries / Q000601:surgery; D005592:Fracture Fixation / Q000379:methods*; D050723:Fractures, Bone / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D023821:Limb Salvage; D014945:Wound Healing