ArticleJournal of orthopaedic surgery and research2015
The Beit CURE Classification of Childhood Chronic Haematogenous Osteomyelitis--a guide to treatment.
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- The epidemiology and management of chronic osteomyelitis in pediatrics - A systematic review.PloS one · 2025Pooled it
- Management of an 11-cm Femoral Diaphyseal Defect Secondary to Chronic Osteomyelitis Using the Induced Membrane Technique in a 14-Year-Old Girl: A Case Report.The American journal of case reports · 2026Article
- Current trends in burden and management of pediatric osteomyelitis in the African continent: a systematic review of the last decade.Annals of medicine and surgery (2012) · 2026Article
- Clinical effects of early debridement, internal fixation, and Masquelet technique for childhood chronic haematogenous osteomyelitis of long bones.Journal of orthopaedic surgery and research · 2023Article
- Magnitude of chronic osteomyelitis and its associated factors in children as diagnosed on X-ray visiting at Felege Hiwot Comprehensive Specialized Hospital, Northwest Ethiopia: A cross-sectional study.SAGE open medicine · 2023Article
- Predictors of musculoskeletal manifestations in paediatric patients presenting with sickle cell disease at a tertiary teaching hospital in Lusaka, Zambia.Bone & joint open · 2020Article
- Induced membrane technique for reconstruction of a 25 cm humerus diaphyseal defect secondary to chronic osteomyelitis in an adolescent.African journal of paediatric surgery : AJPSArticle
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Abstract
backgroundThe Beit CURE (BC) classification is a radiographic classification used in childhood chronic haematogenous osteomyelitis. The aim of this study is to assess correlation between this classification and the type and extent of treatment required.
methodsWe present a retrospective series of 145 cases of childhood chronic haematogenous osteomyelitis classified using the BC classification. Variables measured include age, sex, bone involved, number of admissions, length of stay, type/number of operations and microbiology.
resultsThe most commonly affected bone was the tibia (46%), followed by femur (26%) and humerus (10%). Bone defects were most common in the tibia. Staphylococcus aureus was the most commonly isolated organism. Type B, sequestrum type, was the most common (88%), followed by type C, sclerotic type, (7%) and type A, Brodie's abscess (5%). Types A and B1 had the shortest length of hospitalisation (11 days), type B4 had the longest (87 days). Types A and B1 had the fewest infection control operations. Type B4 had the greatest total number of operations.
conclusionsThis study shows that the BC classification can guide surgical strategy and help predict length of inpatient treatment and number and type of procedures required.
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