Exam questionKROK 2Medicine ยท 2010
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
- Suture sinus
- Wound abscess
- Hematogenic osteomyelitis
- Posttraumatic osteomyelitis
- Posttraumatic phlegmon
Correct answer
Posttraumatic osteomyelitis
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