Local antibiotic treatment of soft tissue and bone infections of the foot
- 1 July 1990
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Podiatric Medical Association in Journal of the American Podiatric Medical Association
- Vol. 80 (7) , 345-353
- https://doi.org/10.7547/87507315-80-7-345
Abstract
Twenty-seven pedal sot tissue and bone infections in 26 patients were treated with surgical necrectomy of infected tissues and implantation of antibiotic-loaded polymethyl methacrylate bone cement beads on chains. The definitive diagnosis of the infected tissues was obtained by culture and histologic examination in all of the cases. A wide variety of foot infections was successfully treated in this manner. The success rate without recurrence of osteomyelitis or soft tissue infection was 95% in this study at an average of 16 months after surgery.This publication has 0 references indexed in Scilit: