TY - JOUR T1 - Cementless total ankle arthroplasty in diabetic neuropathic arthropathy. AU - Lee,K-B, AU - Cho,S-G, AU - Seon,J-K, PY - 2008/12/3/pubmed PY - 2009/2/21/medline PY - 2008/12/3/entrez SP - 1358 EP - 60 JF - Diabetic medicine : a journal of the British Diabetic Association JO - Diabet Med VL - 25 IS - 11 N2 - BACKGROUND: Neuropathic arthropathy (Charcot joint) is a progressive degenerative disease of a joint that may lead to severe deformity and dysfunction and it is now recognized that diabetes is the leading cause of Charcot joint. When the ankle is involved and conservative treatment fails arthrodesis has commonly been performed, whereas arthroplasty has previously been considered to be contraindicated. A total ankle arthroplasty in Charcot ankle has not been previously reported. CASE REPORT: We report the case of a 45-year old, diabetic woman with unilateral Charcot ankle. CONCLUSIONS: The woman successfully completed a rehabilitation programme and, 2 years after total ankle arthroplasty, achieved independence. SN - 1464-5491 UR - https://www.unboundmedicine.com/medline/citation/19046229/Cementless_total_ankle_arthroplasty_in_diabetic_neuropathic_arthropathy_ DB - PRIME DP - Unbound Medicine ER -