CHARACTERISTICS OF DEMOGRAPHY AND SITE OF LESION IN PATIENTS WITH OSTEOMYELITIS IN ADAM MALIK GENERAL HOSPITAL MEDAN FROM 2016 – 2017
Journal Title: GJRA-Global Journal For Research Analysis - Year 2019, Vol 8, Issue 10
Abstract
Introduction: Osteomyelitis is an infection of bone tissue that affecting the bone marrow and/or bone cortex, it can be either exogenous or hematogenous. Osteomyelitis can be an acute inammatory process or chronic inammation of the bone and its surrounding tissue secondary to infection. Osteomyelitis can be acute or chronic. Aims : This study aim to nd out the demographic characteristics and site of lesion inpatient with osteomyelitis in Haji Adam Malik General Hospital Medan from 2016-2017 Method: This isa descriptive study aims to determine the characteristics of osteomyelitis patients in Haji Adam Malik General Hospital Medan from 2016-2017. Samples were medical records data from patients diagnosed with osteomyelitis treated in Haji Adam Malik General Hospital Medan ward. Results: This study showed that out of 51 osteomyelitis patients, there were 9 patients (17.6%) in the age group of <18 years and 42 patients (82,4%) were in the age group of > 18 years. 40 patients were male (78.4%), and the rest 11 patients (21.6%) were female. There were 22 patients with elementary school graduate (43.1%), 25 patients with junior high school graduate (49.0%) while the rest 4 patients were senior high school graduate (7.9%). Patients who had occupation were 34 patients (66.7%), while those who did not have any occupation were 17 patients (33.3%). Based on the anatomical location of osteomyelitis, most of the infected site were in the long bones, such as in the Femur (35.5%), Tibia (19.6%) and Tibia-Fibula (13.7%). The most common site of osteomyelitis sites of lesion besides long bones were in foot (11.8%), Ankle (5.9%). The other location were Pelvis, Clavicle and Digiti III Manus Dextra, each affecting only 1 patient (2.0%). Conclusion: Osteomyelitis patients are more often seen in age groups of > 18 years, male, junior high school graduate and who had some occupation. While the site of infection is commonly seen in the long bones, namely in the femur.
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Rahmad Gunawan, Heru Rahmadhany, Iman Dwi Winanto
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