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J Reconstr Microsurg 2000; Volume 16(Number 4): 269-272
DOI: 10.1055/s-2000-7332
Copyright © 2000 by Thieme Medical Publishers, Inc., 333 Seventh Avenue, New York, NY 10001, USA. Tel.: +1(212) 584-4662

IT IS NEVER TOO LATE: LIMB SALVAGE FOLLOWING A HALF-CENTURY OF LONG-BONE OSTEOMYELITIS

Jeffrey Scott Isenberg
  • Department of Surgery, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center and Midwest Reconstructive Institute, Midwest City, Oklahoma
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31. Dezember 2000 (online)

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ABSTRACT

The author presents a case of osteomyelitis of the long bones, of over a half-century duration. An aggressive surgical approach comprising wide debridement of all compromised soft tissues and generous ostectomies, followed by myocutaneous flap reconstruction, achieved limb salvage.