Journal of the American Podiatric Medical Association, Volume 92, Issue 7

We are approaching one and a half centuries since neuropathic arthropathy was formally [...]

The diabetic Charcot foot continues to be an enigma nearly one and a half centuries after the condition was thoroughly described in 1868 by Professor Jean- Martin Charcot of Paris [...]

Jean-Martin Charcot was one of the most celebrated French physicians of the 19th century. A masterful teacher and a captivating lecturer, Charcot created the foundations of neurology as an independent discipline, and transformed the Salpêtrière hos...

Charcot’s arthropathy is a devastating condition affecting diabetic patients with peripheral neuropathy, resulting in a foot at risk for ulceration and amputation. Early diagnosis is important for the institution of appropriate treatment, which may h...

The monitoring of Charcot’s arthropathy in patients with diabetes mellitus is twofold: 1) assessment of disease activity as the condition progresses from the acute to the chronic phase, and 2) identification of structural abnormalities and complicati...

Neuropathic osteoarthropathy, also known as Charcot’s arthropathy, is a common complication in patients with diabetes mellitus and severe neuropathy [...]

The use of bioengineered tissue and topical subatmospheric pressure therapy have both been widely accepted as adjunctive therapies for the treatment of noninfected, nonischemic diabetic foot wounds. This article describes a temporally overlapping met...

Treatment of chronic wounds of the lower extremity requires a systematic, multidisciplinary approach as well as flexibility in order to achieve acceptable, consistent short-term and long-term results. Maggots, once considered an obsolete therapeutic...

Wound debridement, when systematically performed, may be as important as off-loading in reducing the prevalence of chronic inflammatory by-products in a wound and thus in converting a chronic wound into an acute one. Although it has been suggested th...

Addressing pressure reduction in the treatment of diabetic foot wounds is a critical component of therapy. The total-contact cast has proven to be the gold standard of treatment because of its ability to reduce pressure and facilitate patient adheren...

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