THE SETON IN CHRONIC OSTEITIS.

Chronic proliferative osteitis of the skull.

Case 1.-This patient was a man of 42 years. Twentyone years before, a left posterior frontal abscess had appeared spontaneously under the scalp. The abscess ruptured after three weeks, and thereafter a chronic sinus discharged intermittently. Local surgical exploration was undertaken on three occasions at long intervals, at the latest of which, bone an inch thick was chiselled away, releasing s...

Loose Seton: A Misnomer of Cutting Seton

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to demonstrate loose silk seton actually acts as a slow cutting seton contrary to the idea of simply drainage. Besides, to show the effect of loose seton on patient’s incontinence is mostly proportional to the degree of division of the sphincter muscle. Design: Fifty patients with high transsphincteric fistulas were treated with loose seton technique. We m...

Characteristics and outcomes of chronic non-bacterial osteitis in children.

OBJECTIVE To determine patient characteristics, clinical presentation, pattern of involvement, treatment, and outcome of patients with chronic non-bacterial osteitis (CNO). MATERIAL AND METHODS Consecutive cases of CNO were analyzed at a single center for pediatrics and adolescent medicine from 2006 to 2013 in terms of patient characteristics, clinical presentation, pattern of involvement, tr...

On a form of chronic inflammation of bones. (Osteitis deformans).

Chronic Non-Bacterial Osteitis: Imaging Review and Management Implications

Chronic Non-Bacterial Osteitis (CNO) was first described in 1972 by [1]. This condition consists of an Autoinflammatory bone disorder that results in bone lesions and is often seen in young children (approximately 7-12 years old) [2]. Patients may suffer from a single to multiple bone lesions that may selfresolve, persist, and/or reoccur [3]. When patients have the most severe manifestation of ...