Osteomyelitis of the pelvis.
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چکیده
Four cases of osteomyelitis of the pelvis are reported to demonstrate the several clinical syndromes to which this disease can give rise. Extensive surgical drainage and antibiotic treatment led to recovery in all cases.
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The diagnosis of acute osteomyelitis of the pelvis.
OSTEOMYELITIS of the pelvis has a sparse bibliography, probably because of its relative infrequency in general orthopaedics. Froener (1889) istated that less than 10%/ of cases occured in the pelvis in a series of 545 cases of acute osteomyelitis; Butler (1940) gives an incidence of 8% in 500 cases of acute osteomyelitis seen at the London Hospital. Von Bergmann (1906) found 63 cases of osteomy...
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Marseille chirurgical
دوره 2 3 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1950