Pediatric Patients with Osteomyelitis and/or Septic Joint Undergoing Surgical Debridement Have Equivalent Short-Term Outcomes with or without Preoperative MRI

• Main Authors: E. Graham Englert (Author), Collin L. Braithwaite (Author), Maria E. Aguirre-Flores (Author), Aaron W. Lam (Author), Mohamed Sarraj (Author), Abigail Kumagai (Author), E. Dimitra Bednar (Author), Adam M. Gordon (Author), Ibrahim Salama (Author), Jacob Keeley (Author), Indu Pathak (Author), Waleed Kishta (Author), Ahmed M. Thabet (Author), Amr Abdelgawad (Author), Ehab Saleh (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2024-03-01T00:00:00Z.
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The purpose of this study was to determine if short-term outcomes differed for pediatric patients with suspected musculoskeletal infection with or without a preoperative MRI. This was a multicenter, retrospective review of patients aged 0-16 years who presented with atraumatic extremity pain, underw...