Table 3. Percentage distribution of patients with osteomyelitis based on clinical outcome: cure and recurrence by demographic and clinical data.
| Demographic and clinical data | Outcome | Total (n = 129) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cure (n = 99) | Recurrence (n = 30) | |||||
| No | % | No | % | |||
| Sex | Male | 78 | 78.8 | 26 | 86.7 | 104 |
| Triggering cause | Hematogenous | 5 | 5.1 | 1 | 3.3 | 6 |
| Open fracture | 38 | 38.4 | 20 | 66.7 | 58 | |
| Closed fracture | 48 | 48.5 | 9 | 30.0 | 57 | |
| Diabetic foot | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | |
| Chronic occlusive arterial disease (COAD) | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | |
| Infected contiguous focus extension | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | |
| Medical history | No history of importance | 79 | 79.8 | 22 | 73.3 | 101 |
| Osteosynthesis material | Yes | 59 | 59.6 | 21 | 70.0 | 80 |
| Removal of osteosynthesis material | Yes | 47 | 79.6 | 15 | 71.4 | 62 |
| Treatment | Combined therapy | 91 | 91.9 | 22 | 73.3 | 113 |
| Appropriate treatment | Yes | 88 | 88.9 | 15 | 50.0 | 103 |
| Duration of treatment | Less than 4 weeks | 11 | 11.1 | 8 | 26.7 | 19 |
| 4 to 6 weeks | 78 | 78.8 | 20 | 66.7 | 98 | |
| More than 6 weeks | 10 | 10.1 | 2 | 6.7 | 12 | |
| Group of effected bones | Long | 67 | 67.7 | 24 | 80.0 | 91 |
| Short | 13 | 13.1 | 1 | 3.3 | 14 | |
| Flat | 7 | 7.1 | 3 | 10.0 | 10 | |
| Sesamoid | 12 | 12.1 | 2 | 6.7 | 14 | |
| Exposed bone | Yes | 34 | 34.3 | 9 | 30.0 | 43 |
| Covered defect | Yes | 32 | 94.1 | 8 | 88.8 | 40 |
| Treating specialty | Infectology | 80 | 80.8 | 10 | 33.3 | 90 |