A retrospective audit of active Charcot neuroarthropathy in a tertiary hospital podiatry department

Treatment of Charcot Neuroarthropathy and osteomyelitis of the same foot: a retrospective cohort study

BACKGROUND We evaluated treatment of osteomyelitis in the foot in the presence of Charcot neuroarthropathy, a devastating condition with progressive degeneration and joint destruction. We hypothesized that there was a difference in (1) amputation rate, (2) amputation level, (3) duration of antibiotic therapy, and (4) duration of immobilization for treatment of osteomyelitis within versus outsid...

German-Austrian consensus on operative treatment of Charcot neuroarthropathy: a Perspective by the Charcot task force of the German Association for Foot Surgery

operative treatment of Charcot neuroarthropathy: a Perspective by the Charcot task force of the German Association for Foot Surgery Armin Koller, MD*, Ralph Springfeld, MD, Gerald Engels, MD, Raimund Fiedler, MD, Ernst Orthner, MD, Stefan Schrinner, MD and Alexander Sikorski, MD Department of Technical Orthopaedics, Mathias-Hospital, Rheine, Germany; Clinic Dr. Guth, Hamburg, Germany; Surgical ...

Striving for clinical consensus in the management of Charcot’s neuroarthropathy

The management of an individual with Charcot’s Neuroarthropathy can be complex, problematic and extremely labour intensive. In order to achieve desirable clinical outcomes the management of this condition must be timely and multidisciplinary all the while keeping the patient informed of their progression throughout the treatment plan. Of the difficulties faced when implementing management of th...

‘Paging Podiatry!’: an audit of acute inpatient podiatry referrals

Background In 2010, the Box Hill Hospital podiatry department increased staffing levels from 0.6 to 1.6 EFT. Historically a limited High Risk Foot outpatient service, this increase meant there was more time available to build the much needed inpatient service. Promotion of the new service has resulted in a substantial increase in podiatry referrals from the acute wards. The Podiatry Department ...

Use of Snake Antivenom and Clinical Outcomes in Snake Envenomation: A Retrospective Study in a Tertiary Hospital in Penang, Malaysia