Surgical treatment options for septic arthritis of the hip in children

Septic arthritis is the result of bacterial infection of the hip joint and is often found in infants and toddlers. It is the most common septic joint condition during growth and may cause the most devastating complications without prompt and proper treatment. Early diagnosis and intervention are req...

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Autores principales: Xu, Gang, Spoerri, Muriel, Rutz, Erich
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2016
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Review Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4955453/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27251515
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0189-6725.181621
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description Septic arthritis is the result of bacterial infection of the hip joint and is often found in infants and toddlers. It is the most common septic joint condition during growth and may cause the most devastating complications without prompt and proper treatment. Early diagnosis and intervention are required to avoid irreversible complications. This review documents the systematic approach to diagnosis and management of septic arthritis in children.
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spelling pubmed-49554532016-09-01 Surgical treatment options for septic arthritis of the hip in children Xu, Gang Spoerri, Muriel Rutz, Erich Afr J Paediatr Surg Review Article Septic arthritis is the result of bacterial infection of the hip joint and is often found in infants and toddlers. It is the most common septic joint condition during growth and may cause the most devastating complications without prompt and proper treatment. Early diagnosis and intervention are required to avoid irreversible complications. This review documents the systematic approach to diagnosis and management of septic arthritis in children. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2016 /pmc/articles/PMC4955453/ /pubmed/27251515 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0189-6725.181621 Text en Copyright: © African Journal of Paediatric Surgery http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as the author is credited and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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Surgical treatment options for septic arthritis of the hip in children
title Surgical treatment options for septic arthritis of the hip in children
title_full Surgical treatment options for septic arthritis of the hip in children
title_fullStr Surgical treatment options for septic arthritis of the hip in children
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