Open AccessCalcaneal Osteomyelitis Treated with Antibiotic Mixed Calcium Sulphate Pellets. A Case Report
Author(s) -
Alok Agrawal,
Mukund Madhav Ojha,
Deepak Garg,
E Pandiyarajan Pandiyarajan
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of orthopaedic case reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2321-3817
pISSN - 2250-0685
DOI - 10.13107/jocr.2021.v11.i10.2480
Subject(s) - medicine , osteomyelitis , curettage , debridement (dental) , antibiotics , surgery , surgical debridement , heel , calcaneus , anatomy , microbiology and biotechnology , biology
Background: Calcaneal osteomyelitis is a complicated entity and much more challenging to treat. We present a case of calcaneal osteomyelitis treated with debridement, curettage and filling bone defect with antibiotic mixed calcium sulphate pellets.Case Report: A female patient presented with pain, swelling and purulent discharge from the left heel. Culture studies and magnetic resonance imaging findings were suggestive of osteomyelitis of the calcaneum. The patient was planned for definitive treatment, and remission was achieved with systemic antibiotics, debridement, curettage, and filling dead space with antibiotic mixed calcium sulphate pellets.Conclusion: Calcaneal osteomyelitis is very resistant to treatment and results in poor functional outcome. Management of calcaneal osteomyelitis with single-stage strategy using antibiotic mixed calcium sulphate effectively eradicates the disease to attain overall good functional outcome for the patient.Keywords: Calcaneum, osteomyelitis, debridement, calcium sulphate.