Current situation and progress in limb salvage therapy for chronic osteomyelitis
WANG Jun
LI Zongyuan
WANG Tao
Abstract：Treatment of chronic osteomyelitis is difficult in the field of orthopaedic trauma surgery, with long therapy course, poor clinical results and high amputation rate. In recent years, limb salvage has gradually become a research hotspot. In this paper, present situation and progress in limb salvage therapy for chronic osteomyelitis were reviewed, involving the aspects of debridement, treatment of bone defect, soft tissue coverage, stabilization of affected bone, antibiotic treatment and adjuvant therapy.
Keywords：OsteomyelitisChronic diseaseLimb salvageDebridementDrainageSurgical flapsBone transplantationExternal fixatorsAnti-bacterial agentsCombined modality therapy
Publication Date：2014-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：6( 301-306 )