Sil. Seye et al., CHRONIC OSTEOMYELITIS AT DANTEC-UNIVERSIT ARY-HOSPITAL, DAKAR (SENEGAL), Bulletin de la Societe de pathologie exotique et de ses filiales, 87(4), 1994, pp. 238-240
The authors report 82 cases of osteomyelitis treated and followed up a
t the CHU Le Dantec, from March 1979 to September 1991. The patients w
ere young, with an average age of 18 and a half years. Some susceptibi
lity factors were identified: malnutrition (12.20%) and sickle cell an
emia (26.83 %). The infection was more frequently located on long bone
s of the lower limber (62.77 %) and mainly on the metaphysis. Fistula
forms with sequestra were the most frequent ones. Sixty-six patients w
ere healed right after the first operation, 13 after two operations, 3
after three operations, the laters were mainly relapsing cases relate
d to insufficient curreting of the infected bone or persisting sequest
rum.