The Belfast technique for the treatment of chronic osteomyelitis in a tropical teaching hospital
| Autor: | Temitope O. Alonge, Omololu Ab, S O Ogunlade |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2003 |
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Male medicine.medical_specialty Bone disease Adolescent medicine.medical_treatment Long bone Nigeria medicine Ankylosis Humans Orthopedics and Sports Medicine Orthopedic Procedures Child Hospitals Teaching Tropical Climate Debridement business.industry Soft tissue Osteomyelitis medicine.disease Surgery medicine.anatomical_structure Orthopedic surgery Chronic Disease Upper limb Original Article Female Osteitis business |
| Popis: | From September 1995 to August 2001, we treated 25 patients with chronic osteomyelitis of long bones by a two-stage technique. This consisted of the radical removal of all infected bone and soft tissue and immediate provision of soft-tissue cover. This was supplemented when necessary with delayed autogenous bone grafting. The average follow-up was 46 months (range: 19–80 months). One patient with haemoglobin sickle cell disease (HbSS) died after the second stage of surgery. There were four recurrences, one of which followed a myocutaneous flap that became necrotic. Ankylosis occurred in five patients. |
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