striving for clinical consensus in the management of charcot’s neuroarthropathy
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Striving for clinical consensus in the managementof Charcot’s neuroarthropathyJoseph Rogers
From Australasian Podiatry Council Conference 2011Melbourne, Australia. 26-29 April 2011
The management of an individual with Charcot’s Neuroar-thropathy can be complex, problematic and extremelylabour intensive. In order to achieve desirable clinical out-comes the management of this condition must be timelyand multidisciplinary all the while keeping the patientinformed of their progression throughout the treatmentplan. Of the difficulties faced when implementing manage-ment of this patient group, few are more challenging thanthat of gaining full multidisciplinary support for the treat-ment plan. In an attempt to standardise the management ofCharcot’s Neuroarthropathy and to overcome some of thedifficulties faced, the Podiatry Department of the John Mor-ris Diabetes Centre conducted a lengthy literature review ofdiagnoses and management techniques for Charcot’s Neu-roarthropathy. Out of this review a treatment flowchart wasdeveloped along with a central management record to guidetreatment choice and to track the patient’s progress. Thesetools now serve not only to promote awareness of this con-dition when filed in the patient record, they also enable allclinicians involved in the patients care to be aware of theprogress of the disease process and management plan.These documents have now been adopted throughout manyof the public podiatry services in Tasmania making the col-lection of larger amounts of data surrounding Charcot’sNeuroarthropathy possible, facilitating further credibleresearch and making our treatment approach more uniform.
Published: 20 May 2011
doi:10.1186/1757-1146-4-S1-O39Cite this article as: Rogers: Striving for clinical consensus in themanagement of Charcot’s neuroarthropathy. Journal of Foot and AnkleResearch 2011 4(Suppl 1):O39.
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Correspondence: [email protected] Morris Diabetes Centre, Launceston General Hospital, Launceston,Tasmania, 7300, Australia
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