Current trends in the diagnosis and treatment of chronic osteomyelitis of limb bones. Literature review

Introduction. This article is devoted to one of the most urgent problems in traumatology and orthopedics - the diagnosis and treatment of chronic osteomyelitis of limb bones. Every year this problem does not lose its relevance, high numbers of osteomyelitis detectability remain, cases of post-traumatic and postoperative osteomyelitis are gradually increasing in number, which in a high percentage of cases lead to permanent disability.Materials and methods: The paper presents current trends in the diagnosis and treatment of this disease. The purpose of the review is to review and present current trends in the diagnosis and treatment of osteomyelitis based on the analysis of domestic and foreign literature. During the work, more than 1000 literature sources from domestic and foreign scientifi citation databases were analyzed.Conclusions and discussion: Based on the analysis of the literature, the following conclusions can be drawn that despite the emerging high-tech and innovative methods and taking into account the increasing operational activity, injuries of the civilian population, the high level of military trauma, this problem requires the development and implementation of new methods, algorithms and concepts for the diagnosis and treatment of chronic osteomyelitis. The development of such techniques, algorithms and concepts contribute not only to accurate diagnosis and early detection, but also to fi ding the optimal solution for the treatment of chronic osteomyelitis.