Follow-up after treatment of Charcot arthropathy at a tertiary care specialty foot clinic*
| Variable | No. of feet (%)† |
|---|---|
| Footwear after Charcot resolution (n = 62 feet)‡ | |
| Custom foot orthosis | 38 (61) |
| Leather gauntlet ankle–foot orthosis | 11 (18) |
| Removable walker brace | 9 (15) |
| CROW | 4 (6) |
| Complications after Charcot resolution (n = 75 feet)§¶ | |
| None | 61 (81) |
| Noninfected ulcer | 11 (15) |
| Infection | 3 (4) |
| Charcot recurrence (n = 75 feet)§ | |
| Total** | 14 (19) |
| Time from resolution to recurrence, mo, mean ± SD | 7 ± 7 |
CROW = Charcot Restraint Orthotic Walker; SD = standard deviation.
↵* n = 78 feet in 76 patients.
↵† Unless indicated otherwise.
↵‡ Footwear: information available for 62 feet; the other 16 feet had no footwear documentation (7 feet), had amputation (6 feet) or were lost to follow-up (3 feet).
↵§ Information available for 75 feet; the other 3 feet were lost to follow-up.
↵¶ Complications: After Charcot arthropathy resolution, all 3 infections were associated with an ulcer. There were 2 feet with noninfected ulcers associated with contralateral Charcot recurrence, and 1 foot with an infection associated with ipsilateral Charcot recurrence.
↵** Charcot recurrence: ipsilateral, 9 feet (64%); contralateral, 5 feet (36%).