CAVAL THROMBECTOMY FOR SEVERE STAPHYLOCOCCAL OSTEOMYELITIS

Two children are presented in whom thrombosis of the inferior vena cav a developed in association with an acute staphylococcal osteomyelitis. One case involved the left femur and the other the left ileum, Both c hildren had diffuse bilateral staphylococcal pneumonia from presumed s eptic embolization. There were close similarities between their illnes s and management, except that the child who survived underwent a caval thrombectomy in the acute phase of her illness. It is hypothesized th at the thrombectomy played an important role in her recovery. Copyrigh t (C) 1997 by W.B. Saunders Company