Foot and ankle infections after surgery

Clin Orthop Relat Res. 2001 Oct:(391):162-70. doi: 10.1097/00003086-200110000-00017.

Abstract

Infection after foot and ankle surgery or trauma can range from the common superficial cellulitis to the less common deep soft tissue or bone infections that can have disastrous consequences. The emergence of antibiotic-resistant organisms has made treatment of infection more difficult, even though promising new antibiotics are being developed. Prevention of infection, through proper patient selection and meticulous surgical technique, is essential to satisfactory outcomes.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Ankle Joint / surgery*
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
  • Diabetes Complications
  • Fasciitis, Necrotizing / drug therapy
  • Fasciitis, Necrotizing / etiology*
  • Fasciitis, Necrotizing / microbiology
  • Foot Diseases / surgery*
  • Humans
  • Joint Diseases / surgery
  • Mycoses / etiology
  • Osteomyelitis / drug therapy
  • Osteomyelitis / etiology*
  • Osteomyelitis / microbiology
  • Postoperative Complications / drug therapy
  • Postoperative Complications / etiology*
  • Soft Tissue Infections / drug therapy
  • Soft Tissue Infections / etiology*
  • Tuberculosis / etiology

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents