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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Main Authors: Lourenço Galizia Heitzmann, Raphael Battisti, Ayres Fernando Rodrigues, Juliano Valente Lestingi, Cinthya Cavazzana, Roberto Dantas Queiroz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Thieme Revinter Publicações Ltda.
Series:Revista Brasileira de Ortopedia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-36162019000600627&tlng=pt