Clinical Study of Infection Arthritis Of Charcot Elbow

Autor:	Kazunori Maeda, Tatsukuni Namihira
Rok vydání:	2001
Předmět:	medicine.medical_specialty Debridement business.industry medicine.drug_class medicine.medical_treatment Antibiotics Elbow Arthritis Synovectomy medicine.disease Surgery medicine.anatomical_structure Medicine Vancomycin business Syringomyelia Calcification medicine.drug
Zdroj:	Orthopedics & Traumatology. 50:872-876
ISSN:	1349-4333 0037-1033
DOI:	10.5035/nishiseisai.50.872
Popis:	We report a rare case of MRSA arthritis of the Charcot elbow due to syringomyelia. A 60-year-old woman had been suffering swelling and mild pain in her left elbow for 2 months. Her left elbow had local heat and abnormal instability and showed severe destructive change, dislocation and formation of ectopic ossification, and calcification. Debridement and synovectomy were performed with continuous closed irrigation and intravenous antibiotic therapy. However, infection recurred after the first debridement. We therefore applied antibiotic-impregnated polymethylmethacrylate brads. The antibiotics, used in mixture with Simplex cement, included vancomycin (Vancomycin; 2g/40g powder). Symptoms reduced gradually, and the treatment was successful with no recurrence at follow up 18 months later.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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