IT IS NEVER TOO LATE: LIMB SALVAGE FOLLOWING A HALF-CENTURY OF LONG-BONE OSTEOMYELITIS
| Autor: | Jeffrey Scott Isenberg |
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| Rok vydání: | 2000 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Time Factors Bone disease medicine.medical_treatment Limb salvage Long bone Surgical Flaps medicine Humans Femur Aged Debridement Tibia business.industry Osteomyelitis Soft tissue medicine.disease Surgery Plastic surgery medicine.anatomical_structure Female Osteitis business |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Reconstructive Microsurgery. 16:269-272 |
| ISSN: | 1098-8947 0743-684X |
| DOI: | 10.1055/s-2000-7332 |
| Popis: | The author presents a case of osteomyelitis of the long bones, of over a half-century duration. An aggressive surgical approach comprising wide debridement of all compromised soft tissues and generous ostectomies, followed by myocutaneous flap reconstruction, achieved limb salvage. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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