Surgical interventions in chronic osteomyelitis
Shretha, B.K.; Rajbhandary, T.; Bijukachhe, B.; Banskota, A.K.
Kathmandu University Medical Journal 3(1): 50-54
2005
ISSN/ISBN: 1812-2027 PMID: 16401945 Document Number: 593629
Chronic osteomyelitis is a leading cause of morbidity in orthopaedic practice in Nepal. Various factors like health service inaccessibility, inadequate treatment, malnutrition, poverty, and to some extent antibiotic resistance contribute to disease progression from acute osteomyelitis to chronic osteomyelitis in this region of the world. This paper presents our experience of managing ninety patients with chronic osteomyelitis over a period of four years, from February 1998 to November 2001.