Complications of acute osteomyelitis -a) Malignancyb) Fracture of the affected bonec) Sepsisd) Chronicity
Correct Answer: bcd
Description: The important complications are : -
i) Septicemia and pyemia
ii) Septic arthritis
iii) Chronic oseomyelitis (most common complication)
iv) Metastatic infection to other bones, serous cavities, Lung or brain.
v) Pathological fracture
vi) Altered growth from damage to epiphyseal growth plate.
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Orthopaedics
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