Open AccessPrevalence of Charcot arthropathy in Type 2 diabetes patients aged over 50 years with severe peripheral neuropathy: A retrospective study in a Tertiary Care South Indian Hospital
Author(s) -
Salini Dharmadas,
Harish Kumar,
Minnie Pillay,
K. R. Sundaram,
Antonin Bal,
C.J. Sandya,
Thacho S Mangalanandan,
Vivek Lakshmanan,
Praveen V Pavithran
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
indian journal of endocrinology and metabolism
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.456
H-Index - 28
eISSN - 2230-9500
pISSN - 2230-8210
DOI - 10.4103/ijem.ijem_257_17
Subject(s) - medicine , peripheral neuropathy , diabetes mellitus , arthropathy , population , pediatrics , foot (prosody) , retrospective cohort study , type 2 diabetes , medical record , type 2 diabetes mellitus , radiological weapon , surgery , osteoarthritis , pathology , endocrinology , linguistics , philosophy , alternative medicine , environmental health
Available literature on the prevalence of Charcot arthropathy (CA) represents mainly Western population. No study has been reported from India so far. Hence we attempted to study the prevalence of CA in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus and severe peripheral neuropathy (T2DMPN), belonging to Indian population amongst whom type 2 diabetes is on the rise in alarming proportions.