Limb salvage surgery in chronic osteomyelitis : a case report
Osteomyelitis refers to an infection of the bone characterized by progressive inflammatory destruction caused by infecting microorganism. Open fracture carries the risk of developing osteomyelitis from 3 to 50% with a high amputation rate. Salvage of the limb is always a challenge and needs perse...
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| author | Muhammad Hafiz AS, Mohd Yazid Bajuri, Norliyana M, Rasyidah R, |
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| description | Osteomyelitis refers to an infection of the bone characterized by progressive
inflammatory destruction caused by infecting microorganism. Open fracture
carries the risk of developing osteomyelitis from 3 to 50% with a high amputation
rate. Salvage of the limb is always a challenge and needs perseverance. We report
the case of a 44-year-old male with chronic osteomyelitis with successful multiple
limb salvage surgeries. The curative approach to chronic osteomyelitis has the
following goals including arrest of infection, pain reduction and salvage of limb
and function. With regard to survival and function, the result obtained in this case
is more promising compared to above knee amputation. |
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| spelling | oai:generic.eprints.org:202242022-10-21T08:51:02Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/20224/ Limb salvage surgery in chronic osteomyelitis : a case report Muhammad Hafiz AS, Mohd Yazid Bajuri, Norliyana M, Rasyidah R, Osteomyelitis refers to an infection of the bone characterized by progressive inflammatory destruction caused by infecting microorganism. Open fracture carries the risk of developing osteomyelitis from 3 to 50% with a high amputation rate. Salvage of the limb is always a challenge and needs perseverance. We report the case of a 44-year-old male with chronic osteomyelitis with successful multiple limb salvage surgeries. The curative approach to chronic osteomyelitis has the following goals including arrest of infection, pain reduction and salvage of limb and function. With regard to survival and function, the result obtained in this case is more promising compared to above knee amputation. Pusat Perubatan Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2018 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/20224/1/31_ms0238_pdf_78624.pdf Muhammad Hafiz AS, and Mohd Yazid Bajuri, and Norliyana M, and Rasyidah R, (2018) Limb salvage surgery in chronic osteomyelitis : a case report. Medicine & Health, 13 (1). pp. 286-290. ISSN 2289-5728 https://www.medicineandhealthukm.com/toc/13/1 |
| spellingShingle | Muhammad Hafiz AS, Mohd Yazid Bajuri, Norliyana M, Rasyidah R, Limb salvage surgery in chronic osteomyelitis : a case report |
| title | Limb salvage surgery in chronic osteomyelitis : a case report |
| title_full | Limb salvage surgery in chronic osteomyelitis : a case report |
| title_fullStr | Limb salvage surgery in chronic osteomyelitis : a case report |
| title_full_unstemmed | Limb salvage surgery in chronic osteomyelitis : a case report |
| title_short | Limb salvage surgery in chronic osteomyelitis : a case report |
| title_sort | limb salvage surgery in chronic osteomyelitis : a case report |
| url | http://journalarticle.ukm.my/20224/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/20224/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/20224/1/31_ms0238_pdf_78624.pdf |