Differences in the Clinical Outcome of Osteomyelitis by Treating Specialty: Orthopedics or Infectology.

ABSTRACT: Osteomyelitis is a heterogeneous infection with regard to etiology and treatment, and currently no single management protocol exists. Management of the condition is typically an interdisciplinary approach between orthopedics and infectious disease; however, the orthopedist is often the person who manages treatment. The aim of the study was to determine differences in the outcome of osteomyelitis according to its treating specialty and to identify factors associated with the recurrence of the disease. An ambispective cohort study of 129 patients with osteomyelitis was conducted and the proportions for qualitative variables and central tendency and dispersion measures for quantitative variables were calculated; the latter were tested for normality using the Shapiro-Wilk test. A bivariate ana

SUBMITTER: Arias Arias C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4683069 | biostudies-literature | 2015

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature