Recently in these two years, we experienced five cases of osteomyelitis in childhood in our clinic.
The age of the patients varied from one month to eight years. The duration from the onset of symptoms to their admission to our hospital was from 10 to 55 days. The treatment was carried out as follows, administration of drugs only in one case, drainage in one, and curettage and continuous closed irrigation in threee. These procedures brought about good recovery of symptoms and radiological findings.
Continuous closed irrigation can be indicated well to the subacute or chronic stage if the bone is affected diffuse.
