Staphylococcus aureus osteomyelitis treated with vancomycin-calcium sulfat and vacuum assisted closure
FU Shi-ping
YU Xiao-wen
GAO Tian-tian
SUN Ping
SHEN Jiao
QI Xiao-dong
CAI Yun-lü
Abstract:Objective To evaluate the clinical outcomes of osteomyelitis treated with vancomycin-calcium sulfat and vacuuln assisted closllre.Methods Seventy-eight cases of chronic osteomyelitis were treated with vancomycin-calcium sulfate and vacuum assisted closure.Ten Were haematogenous osteomyrelitis and other sixty-eight had infection after interenal fixation of fracture.Results The average age was 46.9 years(range from 11 to 83 years).fracture was unstable.Mcan follow-up Was 25 months(range from 15 to 40 months).The average control of the infection time Was 32.3 days.the mean absorption time of Vancomycin-calcium sulfate granules were 63 days.Conclusion Treatment of chronic osteomyelitis with vancomycin-calcium and vacuum assisted closure is a relatirely simple method.It has a high rate of infection control and ossification improvement.
Keywords:Staphylococcus aureus osteomyelitisSuctionVancomycinCalcium sulfate
Publication Date:2011-01-01
Online Publishing Date:2026-09-14(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
CHINA MEDICINE

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ISSN:1673-4777
Year, Vol.(Issue):2011,06(7)