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Zenodo
2025
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15715858 |
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- <p><span lang="EN-US">Charcot arthropathy is one of the most severe complications of diabetes and affects the quality of life of diabetic patients.<span> </span>Despite being the gold standard of Charcot's arthropathy treatment, contact casting therapy requires strong adherence to clinical pathway from both the patient and the medical personnel. We report the case of a 70-year-old male patient, with a past medical history of uncontrolled Diabetes Mellitus, who initially presented to the ER department of our hospital with a unilateral swollen warm left foot with erythema and moderate X-ray abnormalities of his left foot and ankle. He denied any previous traumatic incident. He was placed initially in a non-weight bearing contact cast. However, the patient was not compliant to his treatment and returned to the Emergency Department 4 months later with severe left foot deformity, a disarticulation of the tibiotalar and subtalar joints and a large open ulcer of the foot. A below knee amputation was performed. This report will therefore serve as a reminder for clinicians to keep in mind Charcot arthropathy is a progressive condition that should be treated without delay.</span></p> <p><strong><span lang="EN-US"> </span></strong></p>