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CRONIC OSTEOMYELITIS OF THE RIGHT TIBIA

CRONIC OSTEOMYELITIS OF THE RIGHT TIBIA

I BROKE MY KNEE CAP ALMOST 2 YEARS AGO, THE SURGEON USED AN EXTERNAL FIXATOR AND IT GOT INFECTED WITH MRSA RIGHT AWAY. HAD A SOFT TISSUE INFECTION NEAR THE HOLE IN MY TIBIA. 6 WEEKS ANTI BIOTICS AND MUCH THERAPY LATER, I STILL HAVE PROBLEMS. JUST MIDDLE OF MAY THIS YEAR 2010, IT FLARED UP AGAIN AND HAD MASSIVE PAIN AND REDNESS, I QUIKLY WENT TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM AND GOT ADMITTED WITH OSTEOMYELITIS. MY CURRENT SURGEON QUICKLY DIAGNOSED ME AND DID MY SURGERY AND TOOK OUT INFECTED BONE. ANOTHER 6 WEEKS IV ANTI BIOTICS AND 4 WEEKS ORAL THIS TIME. NOW 8 WEEKS LATER, IT SHOW ON THE XRAY THAT THERE IS STILL PRESENCE OF INFECTION. JUST SOME FLARING OF THE BONE IN THAT AREA, HE SHOWED ME ON THE XRAY. ALTHOUGH IT IS NOT "FLARED UP RIGHT NOW" MY SURGEON SAID SINCE MY PAIN HAS DIMINISHED AND ITS FEELING BETTER, HE WOULD RATHER GO ON HOW I LOOK AND FEEL. RATHER THAN THE SLIGHT INFLAMATION (inflammation) OF THE BONE IT THAT AREA. I HAVE A TOP NOTCH SURGEON NOW THAT HAS RAVE REVIEWS, SO I ASSUME HE KNOWS HIS STUFF.

MY QUESTIONS ARE:

#1    SHOULD I GET ANOTHER SURGERY RIGHT NOW AND CLEAN IT OUT AGAIN, AND DO ANTI BIOTICS AGAIN? OR SHOULD I WAIT TO SEE IF IT FLARES UP AGAIN? DOES THE INFECTION SPREAD THROUGH  BONE EVEN THOUGH ITS NOT FLARED UP RIGHT NOW ?

#2 IS MY FIRST SURGEON 2 YEARS AGO RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL THIS FOR USING AN EXTERNAL FIXATOR FOR MY BROKEN KNEE CAP? ALL SURGEONS I HAVE SPOKEN WITH WOULD NOT USE IT FOR THAT.

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