Difficulties and challenges to diagnose and treat post-traumatic long bone osteomyelitis.

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Who cites it

31 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

1. Lower limb post-traumatic osteomyelitis: a systematic review of clinical outcomes.European journal of orthopaedic surgery & traumatology : orthopedie traumatologie · 2023
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2. Comparative diagnostic accuracy of respective nuclear imaging for suspected fracture-related infection: a systematic review and Bayesian network meta-analysis.Archives of orthopaedic and trauma surgery · 2021
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3. Accuracy of diagnostic imaging modalities for peripheral post-traumatic osteomyelitis - a systematic review of the recent literature.European journal of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging · 2017
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4. Microbiology, risk factors, and clinical outcomes of low-grade infection in long-bone diaphyseal non-union after open fracture.International orthopaedics · 2026
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5. Outcomes of Masquelet technique combined with gentamicin-cement-coated rigid nails in the treatment of infected bone defects: A retrospective review.Journal of clinical orthopaedics and trauma · 2025
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6. The differential diagnostic potential of SPECT/CT to detect osteomyelitis in foot or ankle: a systematic review.EFORT open reviews · 2025
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7. sCD14-ST and Related Osteoimmunological Biomarkers: A New Diagnostic Approach to Osteomyelitis.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024
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8. The Antibacterial Effect of Ciprofloxacin Loaded Calcium Carbonate (CaCOCurrent microbiology · 2023
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9. Inguinal draining-lymph node inFrontiers in immunology · 2023
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10. Research Status and Hotspots of Chronic Osteomyelitis: A Bibliometric and Visualized Analysis.Orthopaedic surgery · 2022
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11. Masquelet-Ilizarov technique for the management of bone loss post debridement of infected tibial nonunion.International orthopaedics · 2022
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12. Progress in diagnosis and treatment of post-traumatic osteomyelitis.Zhong nan da xue xue bao. Yi xue ban = Journal of Central South University. Medical sciences · 2021
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13. Current opinions on the mechanism, classification, imaging diagnosis and treatment of post-traumatic osteomyelitis.Chinese journal of traumatology = Zhonghua chuang shang za zhi · 2021
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14. Biomaterials for Orthopaedic Diagnostics and Theranostics.Current opinion in biomedical engineering · 2021
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15. Accuracy of Tissue and Sonication Fluid Sampling for the Diagnosis of Fracture-Related Infection: Diagnostic Meta-Analysis.Cureus · 2021
    Review
16. Can CRP Levels Predict Infection in Presumptive Aseptic Long Bone Non-Unions? A Prospective Cohort Study.Journal of clinical medicine · 2021
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17. Effect of Anti-Infective Reconstituted Bone Xenograft Combined with External Fixator on Serum CRP and PCT Levels and Prognosis of Patients with Bone Infection after Lower Extremity Long Bone Trauma.Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2021
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18. The effectiveness of antibiotic cement-coated nails in post-traumatic femoral and tibial osteomyelitis - comparative analysis of custom-made versus commercially available nails.Journal of bone and joint infection · 2021
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19. Postoperative Chronic Osteomyelitis in the Long Bones - Current Knowledge and Management of the Problem.Revista brasileira de ortopedia · 2019
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20. Effects of Vacuum Sealing Drainage Combined with Ilizarov Bone Transport Technique in the Treatment of Tibial Traumatic Osteomyelitis.Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research · 2019
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