The Charcot Knee Arthropaty: The Diagnostic and Surgical Challenge. A Case of Syphilis Arthropaty and a Review of Literature.

The Charcot knee is a progressive, degenerative disease of the joint that may represent a diagnostic challenge; at the moment, poorly controlled diabetes mellitus is the main cause of this condition. We describe here a case of a man presenting with an end stage joint arthropathy who was diagnosed with neurosyphilis. Tabetic arthropathy is currently a very rare disease, but in the past represented the main cause of joint arthropathy. Finally, we discussed the different surgical options of Charcot arthropathy, our choice of megaprosthesis implant and the failure of such procedure mainly due to patient's unreliability to care leading to infective complications and peri-prosthesis fracture.

Lisfranc injuries in adolescents: A case report and literature review.

Lisfranc injuries result if bones or ligaments that support the midfoot are torn. In children and adolescents these injuries are not only rare, but are also similar to adult Lisfranc injuries, in that they are often mistaken especially if the injury is a result of a straightforward twist and fall. The goal of surgical treatment is to realign the joints. However, few studies related to Lisfranc injuries in pediatric patients exist. A case of 15 years old patient treated using an Arthrex mini tight rope is described.

Intertrochanteric hip fracture in an arthrodesed hip treated by a LCP condylar plate.

We report the case of an intertrochanteric hip fracture in a 73 years-old woman with a long-standing arthrodesis. The proper surgical treatment is controversial but we decided to treat the fracture with a single LCP condylar plate turned upside-down. After one year the patient achieved her preinjury levels of activities. This kind of fracture could be satisfactorily treated with locking plate.