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A 3-year-old male patient consulted a family doctor 2 months after he had been operated for an open fracture of brachial bone. Objectively: the patient's condition is satisfactory, in the region of the operative wound there is a fistula with some purulent discharge, redness, fluctuation. X-ray picture shows brachial bone destruction with sequestra. What complication arose in the postoperative period?

Answer options

  1. Suture sinus
  2. Wound abscess
  3. Hematogenic osteomyelitis
  4. Posttraumatic osteomyelitis
  5. Posttraumatic phlegmon
Correct answer

Posttraumatic osteomyelitis

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