Anatomical disorder of the diabetic foot: Charcot neuropathy

Abstract

INTRODUCTION: One of the most important complications of diabetes mellitus is diabetic foot caused by peripheral circulatory disorder. Charcot neuropathic arthropathy (CN), which occurs in the advanced stage of the diabetic foot, is a chronic, progressive and difficult to treat disease METHODS: In this study, our aim is to evaluate the changes in the foot bone and foot joints of patients with CN according to the Sanders and Frykberg classification.Based on the data obtained from the automation records of our hospital, the patients' age, gender, diabetes diagnosis time and involved extremities, as well as foot radiographs were examined according to Sanders and Frykberg classification. RESULTS: The average age of 20 patients included in the study was 66.7 years, 12 males and 8 females. Type 2 with up to 5 (25%) patients according to the Sanders and Frykberg anatomical classification DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION: The incidence of diabetes mellitus is increasing all over the world and complications due to this disease should be well known. In our study, early diagnosis of CN, is extremely important and we believe that foot amputations can be prevented with early interventions.

Keywords

• diabeticfoot
• charcotfoot
• radiography
• complication