Fracture-related infection (FRI) is a severe complication after bone injury and can pose a
serious diagnostic challenge. Overall, there is a limited amount of scientific evidence …

Abstract The Society of Skeletal Radiology (SSR) Practice Guidelines and Technical
Standards Committee identified musculoskeletal infection as a White Paper topic, and …

Diabetic foot infection is the leading cause of non-traumatic lower limb amputations
worldwide. In addition, diabetes mellitus and sequela of the disease are increasing in …

Infection is a dire complication afflicting every field of orthopaedics and traumatology. If
specific clinical, laboratory and imaging parameters are present, infection is often assumed …

Vertebral discitis-osteomyelitis is an infection of the intervertebral disk and vertebral bodies
that may extend to adjacent paraspinal and epidural soft tissues. Its incidence is increasing …

OBJECTIVE. The purpose of this article is to provide a step-by-step guide for bone imaging-
guided percutaneous core needle biopsy, including the armamentarium available and the …

Purpose We endeavored to determine which characteristics of diabetic ulcers portend the
strongest risk for osteomyelitis in patients whose initial T1-weighted imaging was normal. By …

Background Diabetes is the leading cause of lower extremity nontraumatic amputation
globally, and diabetic foot osteomyelitis (DFO) is usually the terminal event before limb loss …

The diagnosis and management of chronic nonspinal osteomyelitis can be challenging, and
guidelines regarding the appropriateness of performing percutaneous image-guided …

Bone biopsy remains the gold standard for diagnosis of osteomyelitis while MRI results in a
radiologic diagnosis that generally precedes biopsy. This study's purpose is to examine the …