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- 16 Half of DFUs occur in the plantar surface and the other half in other areas of the foot. Neuropathy, peripheral artery disease (PAD), deformities of the foot related to motor neuropathy and minor foot trauma, infection and osteomyelitis are
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AA of 9% was published in 2001. These complications included neurological, tendon and ligament injuries, wound complications, infections and instrument breakage. The most frequent complication was neurological injury. Most of the complications
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osteopenic bone, and the fracture-dislocation leads to significant soft tissue stripping ( 3 ). Conservative and surgical management options have both been utilised. Compared to surgery, closed contact casting has a reduced risk of infection and wound
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important modes of failure. They used the LCS (Low Contract Stress mobile bearing prosthesis) in an initial 19 cases, followed by the Buechel-Pappas design for the remainder. On the contrary, Van Der Heidi et al 35 found infection to be the most
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Diabetics are also more likely to undergo secondary operations 1 , 6 and have worse outcomes regarding activity limitation scores. 1 Because of the higher risk of infection and other serious surgical complications, non-operative management of acute
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Introduction Diabetic foot problems include ulcers, infection and Charcot arthropathy, along with numerous underlying risk factors, including peripheral neuropathy, peripheral vascular disease, impaired immune function and delayed bone healing
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be used to differentiate from infection. 16 Imaging For many years there has been a lot of interest in developing an imaging technique which could be both sensitive and specific for detection of acute Charcot foot. 17 – 22 Plain
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. Specifically noted complications included soft tissue inflammatory reaction simulating infection, silicone particulate synovitis, osteolysis, prosthetic wear and fragmentation with proximal migration of silicone particles causing inguinal lymphadenopathy. 12
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complications, such as wound infection, sural nerve injury and failure of the implants. 3 , 13 - 15 Open reduction and internal fixation ORIF with plate and screws (locking or non-locking plates) via an extensile lateral L-shaped approach has been
