Joint preserving surgery versus arthrodesis in operative treatment of patients with neuromuscular polyneuropathy: questionnaire assessment

Marek Napiontek , Krzysztof Pietrzak; European Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery & Traumatology February 2015, Volume 25, Issue 2, pp 391-397 DOI 10.1007/s00590-014-1498-9

The purpose of the paper was to present the results of surgical treatment of foot deformities in peripheral neuropathies using bone procedures: both joint preserving and with joint arthrodesis. The study included patients presented Charcot–Marie–Tooth disease, Friedreich’s ataxia and peripheral motor and sensory neuropathies of undetermined nature. The results show that none of the surgical techniques used for correction of foot deformities in motor-sensory polyneuropathies seems to be preferable.