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Diabetic Neuropathic Arthropathy of the Knee: Two Case Reports and a Review of the Literature

Diabetic neuroarthropathy of the knee or Charcot knee (CK) is a lesser-known complication of diabetes mellitus, with a limited number of case reports and small case series published in the literature. The majority of these reports describe the complexities and challenges that arise in these patients...

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Autores principales: Patel, Amit, Saini, Aaron K., Edmonds, Michael E., Kavarthapu, Venu
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5828462/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29610694
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/9301496
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description Diabetic neuroarthropathy of the knee or Charcot knee (CK) is a lesser-known complication of diabetes mellitus, with a limited number of case reports and small case series published in the literature. The majority of these reports describe the complexities and challenges that arise in these patients undergoing knee arthroplasty procedures. We present two cases of CK, including a rare case of concurrent bilateral disease, and also a review of the current literature.
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spelling pubmed-58284622018-04-02 Diabetic Neuropathic Arthropathy of the Knee: Two Case Reports and a Review of the Literature Patel, Amit Saini, Aaron K. Edmonds, Michael E. Kavarthapu, Venu Case Rep Orthop Case Report Diabetic neuroarthropathy of the knee or Charcot knee (CK) is a lesser-known complication of diabetes mellitus, with a limited number of case reports and small case series published in the literature. The majority of these reports describe the complexities and challenges that arise in these patients undergoing knee arthroplasty procedures. We present two cases of CK, including a rare case of concurrent bilateral disease, and also a review of the current literature. Hindawi 2018-01-23 /pmc/articles/PMC5828462/ /pubmed/29610694 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/9301496 Text en Copyright © 2018 Amit Patel et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Diabetic Neuropathic Arthropathy of the Knee: Two Case Reports and a Review of the Literature
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title_sort diabetic neuropathic arthropathy of the knee: two case reports and a review of the literature
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5828462/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29610694
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/9301496
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