Posttraumatic bacterial infections in extremities before and after osteosynthesis in dogs

Bilgen en, ZeynepKlç, Nuh

Background: Posttraumatic osteomyelitis is one of the most serious complications after fracture treatment. Although haematogenous osteomyelitis is fairly common in man, it is rarely seen in small animal orthopedic surgery. Predisposing factors to osteomyelitis include bacterial contamination in combination with severe trauma, surgical intervention, the presence of dead bone, or metallic implants, especially if bone or implants are unstable. Posttraumatic osteomyelitis is nearly always infectious in etiology, caused by various pathogens. The purpose of this present study is to find out the type of aerobic bacteria, which plays an important role in the posttraumatic infection before and after fracture osteosynthesis.Materials, Methods & Results: Our study was performed on 15 patients with long bone fractures operated at the Department of Surgery, Small Animal Clinic, University of Adnan Menderes, Aydin. The patients without an antibiotic treatment 24 h prior to surgery were included in the study. Our study was performed on 15 patients who had undergone osteosynthesis in extremities at Department of Surgery, Small Animal Clinic, University of Adnan Menderes, Aydin. The patients without antimicrobial treatment 24 h before surgery were included in our study. The osteosynthesis procedures were performed by two experienced orthopaedists. Theywere returned to our clinic at 4-8 week

1. osteomyelitis
2. posttraumatic infections
3. osteosynthesis
4. dog
5. bacteria
6. nosocomial infection