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INSTILLATION-SUCTION TECHNIQUE IN CHRONIC OSTEOMYELITIS

A. R. Taylor 1; and R. H. Maudsley 1

1 Ascot, Berkshire, England; Orthopaedic Unit, Heatherwood Hospital, Ascot

1. A technique of closed instillation-suction for the treatment of chronic bone infection is described in which infected bone is first exposed and all necrotic material removed. Three perforated drainage tubes are inserted, and brought out through the skin some distance from the wound. The perforated parts of the tubes are laid close to the infected area and the wound closed in layers. Two of the tubes are connected to a drip bottle containing antibiotic solution, and the third to a continuous suction pump. Closed continuous instillation-suction is thus established, and has been maintained for up to six weeks.

2. The results in twelve cases are presented, two-thirds of which showed clinical resolution of the infection.
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