Biomechanical Comparison of plates and nail Methods in Diabetic Charcot foot: A Finite Element Analysis

The foot quickly becomes a problem in diabetics, so itchr('39')s important to diagnose problems and treat them early. One of these problems is the Charcot foots. Charcot problem is a type of deformity in the joint, also called neuropathic arthropathy. Because of this problem, the foot is removed from its natural axis. To compensate for this abnormality, the surgeon removes some of the bone and places the other bones of the foot next to each other so that the foot returns to its normal position. To stabilize the bones next to each other, stabilizers such as plates on the two common surfaces of the medial and plantar or intramedullary nails are required. This study examines the biomechanical behavior of these three methods. One of the purpose of this study was to model and simulate as close as possible to the actual anatomy of the position of the study site. For this purpose, the images recorded by CT- Scan method were used by a 40-year-old woman and were transferred to mimics software to complete the geometric model. Then, the model was subjected to biomechanical analysis in abaqus19.0 software. By comparing the types of structures studied, in the nail model, more stress on the implant and less stress on the bone were observed. The plantar plate method is closer to the foot without implants in terms of maximum stress and is more suitable in this regard.