The Pod of Inquiry is excited to host a discussion with Dr. Andy Rader on surgical correction Charcot Neuroarthropathy with his new total midfoot implant.
What We Discuss:
- The pathophysiology of Charcot Neuroarthropathy
- How the condition is currently treated
- How Dr. Rader implements his new total mid foot implant
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Show Notes from this episode
Dr. Barrett 01:45 Introduction of Dr. Rader
Dr. Rader 04:09 Discusses the Incidence of Charcot Neuroarthropathy
Dr. Rader 11:04 The Understood Physiology of Charcot
Dr. Rader 17:43 The bus of information
Dr. Rader 19:03 The Gold Standard of Treatment
Dr. Rader 23:43 Recurrent Ulcerations
Dr. Rader 25:13 What is the Associated Mortality?
Dr. Barrett 25:53 What about Bisphosphonates?
Dr. Rader 26:31 They are not panning out
Dr. Rader 27:17 So what do we do?
Dr. Rader 30:05 It is like Marshmallow
Dr. Rader 37:50 Shortening of the Lever Arm of the Foot
Dr. Rader 40:00 Taking out the Bad Bone
Dr. Rader 46:05 The Fixation
Dr. Rader 52:34 Getting the FDA Approval
Dr. Rader 53:52 The Technique
Dr. Barrett 1:00:47 One of the Most Skilled Surgeons
Dr. Rader 1:04:06 More Intricacies of the Technique