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Case Reports
. 2025 Feb 13;15(1).
doi: 10.2106/JBJS.CC.24.00499. eCollection 2025 Jan 1.

Reconstruction of the Charcot Spine with a Vascularized Pedicle: A Report of 3 Cases

Nicholas Schaper  1 , Alexander Hoffman  1 , Catherine Wittgen  1   2 , Howard M Place  1   3
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Reconstruction of the Charcot Spine with a Vascularized Pedicle: A Report of 3 Cases

Nicholas Schaper et al. JBJS Case Connect. .

Abstract

Case: We present 3 patients with Charcot spinal arthropathy (CSA) as a result of previous spine trauma treated initially with spinal instrumentation. All developed CSA in a delayed presentation years after the original injury and surgery. All were reconstructed with anterior and posterior surgery. In each case, the anterior reconstruction was supplemented with a vascularized pedicle graft.

Conclusion: All 3 patients went on to fusion after previously demonstrated bone loss after a vascularized pedicle was used.

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Disclosure: The Disclosure of Potential Conflicts of Interest forms are provided with the online version of the article (http://links.lww.com/JBJSCC/C555).

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