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. 1998 Feb;22(1):37–40. doi: 10.1007/s002640050204

Treatment of chronic osteomyelitis using the Papineau technique

M Panda 1, N Ntungila 1, M Kalunda 1, M Hinsenkamp 2
PMCID: PMC3619647  PMID: 9549579

Summary.

From 1984 to 1994, 41 cases of chronic osteomyelitis were treated in Kinshasa by the Papineau technique; 75.5% were men and 24.5% women. The mean age was 28 years (range: 7 – 77), and the average duration of the infection was 3 years (range: 1 month to 28 years). The aetiology was “trauma”“ in 53.5%, haematogenous in 44% and drepanocytosis in 2.5%. Infections of the femur and tibia each constituted 41.5% of the cases. Immobilisation was by external fixation in 44%, and by a cast in 39%. Wound healing was complete after an average of 3 months with spontaneous healing, and in 4.5 months after skin grafting. Control of the infection and bone healing were obtained in 89% after a period of 3 – 7 months. We discuss the Papineau technique and the modifications which were required in Kinshasa.

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Accepted: 11 June 1996


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