The acute Charcot foot in diabetics: Diagnosis and management

Acute Charcot foot is a diagnostic challenge. The exact pathophysiology is not fully understood. Acute Charcot foot is often present with a history of trauma or cellulitis which does not respond to antibiotics. The condition is best managed within a multidisciplinary team. The mainstay of the treatm...

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Autores principales: Yousaf, Sohail, Dawe, Edward J.C., Saleh, Alan, Gill, Ian R., Wee, Alex
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: British Editorial Society of Bone and Joint Surgery 2018
Materias:
Foot & Ankle
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6335590/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30662765
http://dx.doi.org/10.1302/2058-5241.3.180003
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description Acute Charcot foot is a diagnostic challenge. The exact pathophysiology is not fully understood. Acute Charcot foot is often present with a history of trauma or cellulitis which does not respond to antibiotics. The condition is best managed within a multidisciplinary team. The mainstay of the treatment is mechanical off-loading and total contact casting. Surgery is reserved for select cases. Cite this article: EFORT Open Rev 2018;3:568-573. DOI: 10.1302/2058-5241.3.180003
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spelling pubmed-63355902019-01-18 The acute Charcot foot in diabetics: Diagnosis and management Yousaf, Sohail Dawe, Edward J.C. Saleh, Alan Gill, Ian R. Wee, Alex EFORT Open Rev Foot & Ankle Acute Charcot foot is a diagnostic challenge. The exact pathophysiology is not fully understood. Acute Charcot foot is often present with a history of trauma or cellulitis which does not respond to antibiotics. The condition is best managed within a multidisciplinary team. The mainstay of the treatment is mechanical off-loading and total contact casting. Surgery is reserved for select cases. Cite this article: EFORT Open Rev 2018;3:568-573. DOI: 10.1302/2058-5241.3.180003 British Editorial Society of Bone and Joint Surgery 2018-10-24 /pmc/articles/PMC6335590/ /pubmed/30662765 http://dx.doi.org/10.1302/2058-5241.3.180003 Text en © 2018 The author(s) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0) licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits non-commercial use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed.
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