| pubmed-article:16900845 | pubmed:abstractText | Chronic osteomyelitis is a surgical disease that require significant dedication from surgeons to eradicate. Osteomyelitis can result from a variety of etiologies but most often is a consequence of trauma (open fractures) to a long bone. This type includes osteomyelitis secondary to a contiguous focus of infection (after trauma and its surgical treatment: osteosynthesis). Here we are reporting one case of post-traumatic chronic osteomyelitis of the humerus. | lld:pubmed |
