bone biopsy

Diabetes Watch

Questioning The Reliance On Bone Biopsy For Diagnosing Osteomyelitis In Patients With Diabetic Foot Ulcerations

08/31/2019

By Jakob Thorud, DPM, MS, FACFAS, and Joslin Seidel, DPM

By Jakob Thorud, DPM, MS, FACFAS, and...

Bone biopsy has long been considered the gold standard in determining the diagnosis of osteomyelitis. However, bone biopsy is a procedure and not an exam. Clinicians send the collected specimen to pathology or microbiology. Unfortunately,...

Bone biopsy has long been...

08/31/2019

Podiatry Today

Review

The Effect of Withholding Antibiotics Prior to Bone Biopsy in Patients With Suspected Osteomyelitis: A Meta-analysis of the Literature

08/01/2019

Peter Andrew Crisologo

Javier La Fontaine

Dane K. Wukich

Paul Kim

Orhan K. Öz

Lawrence A. Lavery

The aim of this meta-analysis is to evaluate the effect of withholding antibiotics prior to obtaining a bone biopsy in the diagnosis of osteomyelitis.

The aim of this meta-analysis is...

08/01/2019

Wounds