Active clinical trials for "Osteomyelitis"

We plan a cohort study of 40 diabetic patients admitted to Parkland hospital with a foot infection. We will enroll a representative cross section of subjects with diabetic foot infection. Patient will be consented and will receive therapy based on standard protocols. Currently patients with suspected osteomyelitis have bone biopsies to identify bacterial pathogens and verify MRI diagnosis. Repeat bone biopsies are performed at the end of therapy to verify that osteomyelitis has been successfully treated. Serum to measure procalcitonin will be obtained at baseline, week 3 and week 6.

Establish an international registry of over 400 patients with deep infections involving the bone and/or joint from≥20 centers representing all regions of the world with varied hospital and surgeon practice settings to ensure that registry analyses and research reflect typical clinical practice thereby providing optimal guidance for patients, clinicians, and healthcare researchers. Using a data collection platform that minimizes entry burden, collects most information at the time of surgery, and uses Internet technology to minimize data entry. The registry will include: baseline patient attributes; surgical approach, implants and technology; hospital course; surgeon and institutional characteristics; longitudinal patient outcome, post-procedure complications and revisions, serum/tissue/drainage samples.

In this study, the investigators will perform a retrospective chart analysis of patients that underwent a bony debridement or amputation in the operating room at Georgetown University Hospital during 2009-2010 under Drs. Steinberg and Attinger. Chart reviews, medical records and operative reports via EMR and paper charts will be examined from inpatient records, the Center for Wound Healing, the Emergency Department as well as other institutions involved in the care of the subjects to gather data.

To determine if there is a relationship between people with open fractures and the season and location of where the injury occurred and the infections they develop

This study is designed as a randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blinded, clinical trial with two parallel groups. This study investigates the association between a single dose of the drug, Clonidine, and the total amount of opioid administered under and 24 hours after surgery in children undergoing orthopedic limb surgery with the use of tourniquet. The investigators hypothesize that administration of clonidine to children undergoing limb surgery with the use of inflatable tourniquets would reduce post-procedural pain. This study is a pilot to obtain an effect size. Based on this the investigators will calculate a sample size for the main trial enabling us to reach a power of 0.8 with a significans level of 0.05.

To investigate novel advanced imaging techniques (hyperspectral imaging) that could enable clinicians to determine the degree and effectiveness of blood flow to tissues during surgery. There are a number of disorders where blood flow is inadequate to provide nutrients and oxygen to tissues. Under some circumstances, surgery is required to either improve the blood flow or remove tissues that are poorly perfused. In other cases, occlusion of the blood supply to an organ is temporarily or permanently performed to minimize blood loss during a surgical procedure. Additionally, there are disorders where the location of certain blood containing structures is important but not immediately obvious to surgeons during an operation. Knowledge of where those structures are is very important and could greatly improve the safety of various surgical procedures. Patients of the investigator who are scheduled for foot surgery will be provided the opportunity to participate in this research. After giving informed consent, hyperspectral images will be obtained at various points during the surgical procedure. As this technology is non-invasive, it is not expected to interfere with or change the procedure they are undergoing. Once the surgical procedure is complete, imaging will be saved to a disk for later evaluation. 100 subjects will participate in this study.

To explore the microbial differences of diabetic foot osteomyelitis and osteomyelitis without diabetes.

Vertebral osteomyelitis is an infection of the intervertebral disk and adjacent vertebral plates with a non-negligible risk of neurological complications and handicap. If there are clear recommendations dealing with antibiotic therapy and surgery indications for this pathogen, the question of the immobilization will be remaining debate. The aim of the study was to describe protocols and practices for the immobilization of vertebral osteomyelitis in different French hospitals and bone and joint infections Centers. The secondary objectives were to evaluate the frequency of neurological complications in a large prospective cohort, and to identify clinical and imaging risk factors for neurological complications. The investigators also aim to search for association between type and duration of spine immobilization and neurological status at the end of follow-up.

Multi-centre clinical follow-up study on patients with a history of acute haematogenous osteomyelitis and/or septic arthritis. The aim is to describe the frequency of sequelae in these former patients with osteoarticular infections. Patients will be invited to participate in a single follow-up visit including a standardised interview and a clinical examination. The collected data will be analyzed together with data from the patient's hospital stay.

Between January 2008 and December 2020 all patients with spine diseases were registered prospectively in the former European Spine Tango registry and later german DWG registry at the department of orthopedics and trauma at the university of cologne.