Non-healing neuropathic heel ulcer provides a challenge to salvage the limb from a below-knee amputation. Total calcanectomy can prove a reliable option for limb salvage. Given a well-designed orthosis, patients with total calcanectomy do well at any age. We present two case examples of non-healing neuropathic heel ulcers with chronic osteomyelitis of the calcaneus, which were salvaged with total calcanectomy and returned to all activities of daily living.
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