The "Balgrist Score" for evaluation of Charcot foot: a predictive value for duration of off-loading treatment.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To develop a new magnetic resonance imaging(MRI) scoring system for evaluation of active Charcot foot and to correlate the score with a duration of off-loading treatment ≥ 90 days.

Methods

An outpatient clinic database was searched retrospectively for MRIs of patients with active Charcot foot who completed off-loading treatment. Images were assessed by two radiologists (readers 1 and 2) and an orthopedic surgeon (reader 3). Sanders/Frykberg regions I-V were evaluated for soft tissue edema, bone marrow edema, erosions, subchondral cysts, joint destruction, fractures, and overall regional manifestation using a score according to degree of severity (0-3 points). Intraclass correlations (ICC) for interreader agreement and receiver operating characteristic analysis betw

SUBMITTER: Berli MC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7736011 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature