Midfoot Charcot neuroarthropathy: An overview

Abstract

Abstract Charcot’s neuroarthropathy is a progressive disorder of the foot and ankle involving soft tissue, bones and joints. If not identified and treated in early stages, it can lead to multiple ulcerations, loss of shape of foot with inability to walk or may even lead to amputation. If diagnosed in the early stages, non-operative treatment is very useful in the early stages of disease. Surgical treatment aims at the correction of deformities and halting disease progression, eventually giving a plantigrade osseous stable foot.