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Acute osteomyelitis
H ACUTE OSTEOMYELITISThis can be primary (haematogenous) or secondary(following an open fracture or bone operation).Haematogeous osteomyelitis is the commonest,and is often seen in children.RELEVANT ANATOMYMetaphysis of the long bones (Fig-22.1): It is ahighly vascularised zone. From the diaphysis themedullary arteries reach up to the growth plate; thearea of greatest activity, and branch into capillaries.The venous…
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Passion for orthopedics
r When I was young, my dad got a fracture femur in a road traffic accident when he was riding to school to pic the twin brothers.it was fatal, he narrowly survived death because his other counterpart died a on spot…he was rushed to an orthopedic officer who dressed dad’s leg into a plaster of…