Incision and drainage of acute osteomyelitis

Acute hematogenous suppurative osteomyelitis (referred to as acute osteomyelitis) occurs mostly in children and occurs in the metaphysis of the long tube, most commonly in the femur and tibia. Early diagnosis and early treatment are the key to improve the cure rate and prevent disability. Early treatment includes early, sufficient, effective systemic antibiotic treatment and supportive therapy, and timely local incision and decompression and drainage (including drilling or opening of the bone marrow cavity) in order to relieve the pressure of the bone abscess and avoid the bone The purpose of cavity diffusion is to prevent and reduce bone destruction and necrosis. Antibiotics should be continued until the inflammation disappears.

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