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Duration of off-loading and recurrence rate in Charcot osteo-arthropathy treated with less restrictive regimen with removable walker

Tomas M Christensen, Birthe Gade-Rasmussen, Lis W Pedersen, Eva Hommel, Per E Holstein, Ole L Svendsen

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Abstract

Recent literature on acute diabetic Charcot osteoarthropathy (CA) reports unusually long periods of off-loading. Data suggest that this might increase the re-currence rate. Subsequently we evaluated the influence of duration of off-loading on the risk of required re-casting.
Original languageEnglish
JournalJournal of Diabetes and its Complications
Volume26
Issue number5
Pages (from-to)430-4
Number of pages5
ISSN1056-8727
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2013

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