Osteitis

Abstract

Since the antic the treatment of wound infections is known. With Lister, antiseptic procedures paved the way for a new era in surgery and wound management. Pasteur and Flemming transformed the treatment of septic surgery into an evolving era with the development of antibiotics. Furthermore, the rise in the number of complications shows a tendency of increasing operative fracture treatment. Even with the development of new implants, surgical techniques, and antibiotic drugs the problem of infections following trauma and orthopaedic surgery still remains. The economic aspect, in addition to the medical components, becomes and even more important factor. For prevention of infections in trauma and orthopaedic surgery and their effective treatment, knowledge of the pathophysiological pathways and experience in all established surgical procedures is necessary.