Etiology, Epidemiology, and Outcomes of Managing Charcot Arthropathy

Thomas Hester; Venu Kavarthapu

doi:10.1016/j.fcl.2022.03.002

Etiology, Epidemiology, and Outcomes of Managing Charcot Arthropathy

Foot Ankle Clin. 2022 Sep;27(3):583-594. doi: 10.1016/j.fcl.2022.03.002. Epub 2022 Aug 10.

Authors

Thomas Hester¹, Venu Kavarthapu²

Affiliations

¹ Kings College Hospital, Denmark Hill, London SE5 9RS, United Kingdom.
² Kings College Hospital, Denmark Hill, London SE5 9RS, United Kingdom. Electronic address: venu.kavarthapu@nhs.net.

PMID: 36096553
DOI: 10.1016/j.fcl.2022.03.002

Abstract

Surgical intervention for Charcot arthropathy is becoming more common; this is driven by an increased prevalence, better understanding of the cause, identifying patient risk factors that influence outcomes, and how to best optimize these. This article aims to summarize the cause of Charcot, look at the factors that influence the outcomes, and the financial cost of managing what is a very challenging condition.

Keywords: Charcot; Epidemiology; Etiology; Neuroarthropathy; Outcomes; Reconstruction.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Arthropathy, Neurogenic* / diagnosis
Arthropathy, Neurogenic* / epidemiology
Arthropathy, Neurogenic* / etiology
Humans