Table 2.

Demographic data and outcomes of the 19 patients

Patient	Age	Pathology	Duration in frame (weeks)	Complications (major)	Revisions	Follow-up (weeks)	Achieved union	Modified AOFAS Score (max 86)	Comorbidity
1	59	Arthrosis	32	None	None	43	Yes x-ray	54	HTN, PNP
2	67	Charcot	19	None	None	7	Yes x-ray	–	Obesity
3	43	Charcot	16	None	None	44	No x-ray	–	Obesity, PNP
4	30	COM	18	None	None	8	Yes x-ray	–	COM, polytoxicomania
5	49	Acute infection	33	None	None	161	Yes CT	62	HTN
6	53	Charcot	14	None	None	0	Partial CT	–	DM, PNP
7	52	Acute infection	29	None	None	57	Yes CT	43	DM, PNP, alcohol abuse
8	60	Acute infection	19	None	None	25	Yes x-ray	62	Smoking, PVD
9	57	Arthrosis	14	None	None	68	No CT	25	Smoking, HTN
10	68	Arthrosis	22	None	None	39	Yes CT	–	HTN, DM, obesity
11	75	Acute infection	22	None	None	99	Yes x-ray	–	DM
12	61	COM	34	None	None	27	Yes x-ray	–	DM, HTN, PNP
13	59	Charcot	17	2	3	106	Yes CT	–	PNP, rheumatoid arthritis
14	74	Acute infection	27	None	None	341	Yes CT	58	HTN
15	62	Acute infection	20	None	None	4	Yes CT	–	DM, PNP, HTN
16	68	Arthrosis	19	None	None	32	No CT	–	PNP
17	61	Charcot	18	1	1	19	Yes CT	68	DM, PNP
18	75	COM	21	None	None	28	No CT	-	COM
19	60	Acute infection	17	None	None	0	Yes CT	–	–

The study included a total of 19 patients (10 men and 9 women), with an average age of 60 (range 30–75) years

F female, M male, COM chronic osteomyelitis, DM diabetes mellitus, PNP polyneuropathy, PVD peripheral vascular disease, HTN hypertension, CT computed tomography, AOFAS American Orthopedic Foot and Ankle Society