TY - JOUR T1 - Surgical Correction of the Achilles Tendon for Diabetic Foot Ulcerations and Charcot Neuroarthropathy. AU - Ramanujam,Crystal L, AU - Zgonis,Thomas, Y1 - 2016/12/30/ PY - 2017/3/5/entrez PY - 2017/3/5/pubmed PY - 2017/11/10/medline KW - Achilles tendon KW - Charcot neuroarthropathy KW - Diabetic Charcot foot KW - Diabetic foot ulcer KW - Diabetic neuropathy KW - Equinus SP - 275 EP - 280 JF - Clinics in podiatric medicine and surgery JO - Clin Podiatr Med Surg VL - 34 IS - 2 N2 - Achilles tendon pathologic conditions are implicated in contributing to the development of many diabetic foot complications including diabetic foot ulceration and Charcot neuroarthropathy. Surgical correction of the diabetic equinus deformity has been studied as an isolated or adjunctive treatment when dealing with difficult-to-close diabetic foot ulcerations or when surgically addressing the diabetic Charcot neuroarthropathy foot or ankle. This article reviews the most common indications, complications, and surgical procedures for equinus correction by either a tendo-Achilles lengthening or gastrocnemius recession for the management of diabetic foot conditions. SN - 1558-2302 UR - https://www.unboundmedicine.com/medline/citation/28257680/Surgical_Correction_of_the_Achilles_Tendon_for_Diabetic_Foot_Ulcerations_and_Charcot_Neuroarthropathy_ L2 - https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0891-8422(16)30130-6 DB - PRIME DP - Unbound Medicine ER -