Exam questionKROK 2Medicine ยท 2015
A 30-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 area of the operative wound there is a fistula with some purulent discharge, redness, fluctuation. X-ray image shows brachial bone destruction with sequestra. What complication arose in the postoperative period?
Answer options
- Hematogenic osteomyelitis
- Wound abscess
- Posttraumatic osteomyelitis
- Posttraumatic phlegmon
- Suture sinus
Correct answer
Posttraumatic osteomyelitis
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