Similarities and Differences Between Diabetes-Related and Trauma-Related Calcaneal Osteomyelitis: Comparisons Based on 681 Reported Cases.

"Disclosure The authors report no funding or commercial associations (eg, consultancies, stock ownership, equity interest, patent/licensing arrangements, etc.) that might conflict with the submitted article."

"This study was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China [grant no. 82172197, 82272517] and Joint Program on Health Science & Technology Innovation of Hainan Province [grant no. SO2023WSJK0215]."

"A literature search was performed by the two independent authors in the PubMed, Embase and Cochrane Library databases to identify English studies reporting clinical characteristics, diagnosis and treatment efficacy of DRCO and TRCO, published between January 1st, 2000 and December 31st, 2021. The following search term was used: “(“osteomyelitis” OR “osteitis” OR “bone infection” OR “osteoarticular infection”) AND (“calcaneal” OR “calcaneus” OR “heel”)”. This study protocol had been registered in the PROSPERO database with the registration number CRD42022301091."