Abstract
Despite promising advances in antibiotic and surgical therapy osteomyelitis remians a severe disease with a high morbidity. Nowadays it occurs mainly after traumata. Typical clinical manifestations are signs of local infection, non-healing wounds, pathological fractures or loosening of orthopedic implants. Besides the clinical judgement the diagnosis is consolidated by imaging procedures, histopathological and microbiological examinations. Ideally, the treatment plan is based on an interdisciplinary approach. Besides the radical surgical debridement a test appropriate antibiotic therapy is essential. Defect reconstruction after surgical debridement and optimization of local microcirculation is essential to preserve limbs and to obtain a good functional result. Microsurgical free tissue transfer is often necessary to achieve healing. An optimal therapeutic management with stable long-term clinical results can be achieved by the interaction of different surgical and medical disciplines.
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