Diabetic Foot
A 58-year-old man with poorly controlled diabetes presents with a swollen, warm, erythematous left foot without trauma history. He has been walking on it for 2 weeks thinking it was an infection. Temperature difference is 4°C compared to the contralateral foot. He has peripheral neuropathy with loss of protective sensation. Radiographs show midfoot collapse and fragmentation. Regarding Charcot neuroarthropathy:
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Charcot neuroarthropathy is a progressive destructive arthropathy in neuropathic patients; diabetes ...
The Eichenholtz classification stages are: Stage 0 (prodromal - clinical inflammation with normal ra...
Charcot arthropathy is most common in non-diabetic patients; peripheral vascular disease is required...
Acute Charcot presents with swelling, warmth (greater than 2°C difference from contralateral), and e...
Surgical indications include: unstable deformity preventing offloading, recurrent ulceration despite...
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