OBJECTIVE: Petrous apicitis and cranial base osteomyelitis are life-threatening ... cultures of the infected bone were obtained during surgery. A culture-directed antibiotic therapy (duration ...

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Taking steps to protect the eye and avoiding certain activities is important during recovery from cataract surgery. These include avoiding bending over and vigorous sneezing or coughing.

But things only got scarier. “They told me I had to have open-heart surgery. I went to see the surgeon and everything. The thing that grew on my heart from the infection ended up going away ...

14 Surprisingly few studies support the often quoted view that surgery is imperative in the management of osteomyelitis of the diabetic foot. The IWGDF review found only three small series of ...

This comprehensive review encapsulates the current evidence pertaining to the associations between SNPs of diverse genes and the predisposition to osteomyelitis and PJI across various populations. It ...

Most people have surgery for colon cancer that hasn't spread. The operation you have depends on the position of the cancer in the bowel. This section is about surgery for cancer that starts in the ...

Chronic recurrent and multifocal osteomyelitis (CRMO) is a nonsporadic autoinflammatory disorder. Currently, it is diagnosed based on clinical, radiologic, pathological, and longitudinal data.