Cristina Bittante, Valerio Cerasari, Ermanno Bellizzi, Raju Ahluwalia, Michela Di Venanzio, Laura Giurato, Aikaterini Andreadi, Alfonso Bellia, Luigi Uccioli, Davide Lauro, Marco Meloni
Background: If unrecognized, Charcot neuro-osteoarthropathy (CNO) can be a devastating complication of diabetes. Methods: The aim of this retrospective study was to evaluate the outcomes in a cohort of diabetic patients diagnosed with active CNO managed in a tertiary level diabetic foot clinic (DFC). We included consecutive patients with active CNO, stage 0-1, according to the Eichenholtz-Shibata classification, who were referred from 1 January 2019 to 27 September 2022. Diagnosis of CNO was based on clinical signs and imaging (X-rays and magnetic resonance)...
March 13, 2024: Journal of Clinical Medicine