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Clinical Trials/ISRCTN71648577
ISRCTN71648577
Completed
Not Applicable

Predisposing factors for recurrence of chronic posttraumatic osteomyelitis: A retrospective observational cohort study from a tertiary referral center in Brazil.

Fundação Faculdade de Medicina de São José do Rio Preto0 sites150 target enrollmentStarted: May 18, 2017Last updated:

Overview

Phase
Not Applicable
Status
Completed
Sponsor
Fundação Faculdade de Medicina de São José do Rio Preto
Enrollment
150

Overview

Brief Summary

No summary available.

Study Design

Study Type
Observational

Eligibility Criteria

Sex
All

Inclusion Criteria

  • 1\. Older than 12 years of age
  • 2\. At least one year of follow\-up after the surgical procedures
  • 3\. Diagnosed with chronic osteomyelitis
  • 4\. Complete medical records
  • 5\. Osteomyelitis was defined based upon the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)/National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) guidelines
  • 6\. Patients in remission of infection when there was absence of clinical, laboratory, or radiological signs of infection evaluated during the last medical visit (minimum of one year of follow\-up), and in cases in which there was no need for reoperation or administration of an extra course of antibiotic therapy for the same site of infection following the end of therapy
  • 7\. Treatment failure or recurrent infection was defined as infection at the same site that had been previously controlled and required reoperation and/or a second complete course of parenteral antibiotic therapy

Exclusion Criteria

  • 1\. Diagnosed with a previous history of infection at the same site
  • 2\. Incomplete medical records

Investigators

Sponsor
Fundação Faculdade de Medicina de São José do Rio Preto

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