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Postoperative Chronic Osteomyelitis in the Long Bones – Current Knowledge and Management of the Problem

Chronic postoperative osteomyelitis represents an important health problem due to its significant morbidity and low mortality rate. This pathology is challenging because of difficulties in understanding the pathogenesis and the decision-making involving the treatment. The present article had the goa...

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Autores principales: Heitzmann, Lourenço Galizia, Battisti, Raphael, Rodrigues, Ayres Fernando, Lestingi, Juliano Valente, Cavazzana, Cinthya, Queiroz, Roberto Dantas
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Sociedade Brasileira de Ortopedia e Traumatologia. Published by Thieme Revnter Publicações Ltda 2019
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6923639/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31875060
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rbo.2017.12.013
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Sumario:Chronic postoperative osteomyelitis represents an important health problem due to its significant morbidity and low mortality rate. This pathology is challenging because of difficulties in understanding the pathogenesis and the decision-making involving the treatment. The present article had the goal of reviewing the definition, pathogenesis, clinical aspects, diagnosis, and treatment of chronic postoperative osteomyelitis, and of gathering this information in a single Brazilian updated publication. The PubMed, LILACS, and the Cochrane Library medical databases were analyzed using pertinent keywords. Current and relevant articles were selected. The present article gathered the established information, as well as innovations related to chronic osteomyelitis and its treatment, to offer updated data to assist the professionals involved in the management of chronic osteomyelitis.