<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">

<p>Charcot foot or Charcot neuropathy is a rare disease found in patients with diabetes mellitus and is characterized by bone damage to the foot leading to deformities, instability, functional impotence and even amputation. The mechanism is still under discussion, without a consensus regarding the pathophysiology of this condition. The treatment is a complex one, non-surgical and surgical, the non-surgical one addressing especially the acute phase of the disease, the surgical one being complex and ranging from osteotomy, debridement, arthrodesis, internal or external fixation or even amputation. A good management of diabetes, of its peripheral complications, an early recognition of the Charcot type foot, prevents the evolution towards this serious condition.</p>
</abstract>

Charcot foot or Charcot neuropathy is a rare disease found in patients with diabetes mellitus and is characterized by bone damage to the foot leading to deformities, instability, functional impotence and even amputation. The mechanism is still under discussion, without a consensus regarding the pathophysiology of this condition. The treatment is a complex one, non-surgical and surgical, the non-surgical one addressing especially the acute phase of the disease, the surgical one being complex and ranging from osteotomy, debridement, arthrodesis, internal or external fixation or even amputation. A good management of diabetes, of its peripheral complications, an early recognition of the Charcot type foot, prevents the evolution towards this serious condition.

Charcot Foot, a Rare and Severe Complication of Diabetes Mellitus

Acta Medica Transilvanica

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

{"article-title":"Charcot Foot, a Rare and Severe Complication of Diabetes Mellitus"}

Charcot foot or Charcot neuropathy is a rare disease found in patients with diabetes mellitus and is characterized by bone damage to the foot leading to...

Charcot Foot, a Rare and Severe Complication of Diabetes Mellitus

Published Online: Aug 03, 2020

Page range: 32 - 35

Received: Feb 13, 2020

Accepted: Mar 02, 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/amtsb-2020-0009

Keywords
diabetes, arthopathy, neuropathy, limb salvage

© 2020 Alin Mihețiu et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Charcot Foot, a Rare and Severe Complication of Diabetes Mellitus

Published Online: Aug 03, 2020

Page range: 32 - 35

Received: Feb 13, 2020

Accepted: Mar 02, 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/amtsb-2020-0009

Keywordsdiabetes, arthopathy, neuropathy, limb salvage

© 2020 Alin Mihețiu et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
diabetes, arthopathy, neuropathy, limb salvage