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

Abstract 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 ha...

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Published in:Revista Brasileira de Ortopedia
Main Authors: Lourenço Galizia Heitzmann, Raphael Battisti, Ayres Fernando Rodrigues, Juliano Valente Lestingi, Cinthya Cavazzana, Roberto Dantas Queiroz
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Language:English
Published: Thieme Revinter Publicações Ltda.
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author Lourenço Galizia Heitzmann
Raphael Battisti
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Juliano Valente Lestingi
Cinthya Cavazzana
Roberto Dantas Queiroz
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description Abstract 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.
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spelling doaj-art-7c5ee83db45945e795a36e79ae4b3bf22025-08-19T23:58:45ZengThieme Revinter Publicações Ltda.Revista Brasileira de Ortopedia1982-437810.1016/j.rbo.2017.12.013Postoperative Chronic Osteomyelitis in the Long Bones - Current Knowledge and Management of the ProblemLourenço Galizia HeitzmannRaphael BattistiAyres Fernando RodriguesJuliano Valente LestingiCinthya CavazzanaRoberto Dantas QueirozAbstract 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.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-36162019000600627&tlng=ptosteomyelitispostoperative complicationsbacterial infections
spellingShingle Lourenço Galizia Heitzmann
Raphael Battisti
Ayres Fernando Rodrigues
Juliano Valente Lestingi
Cinthya Cavazzana
Roberto Dantas Queiroz
Postoperative Chronic Osteomyelitis in the Long Bones - Current Knowledge and Management of the Problem
osteomyelitis
postoperative complications
bacterial infections
title Postoperative Chronic Osteomyelitis in the Long Bones - Current Knowledge and Management of the Problem
title_full Postoperative Chronic Osteomyelitis in the Long Bones - Current Knowledge and Management of the Problem
title_fullStr Postoperative Chronic Osteomyelitis in the Long Bones - Current Knowledge and Management of the Problem
title_full_unstemmed Postoperative Chronic Osteomyelitis in the Long Bones - Current Knowledge and Management of the Problem
title_short Postoperative Chronic Osteomyelitis in the Long Bones - Current Knowledge and Management of the Problem
title_sort postoperative chronic osteomyelitis in the long bones current knowledge and management of the problem
topic osteomyelitis
postoperative complications
bacterial infections
url http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-36162019000600627&tlng=pt
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