{"id":1470,"date":"2025-08-15T17:36:16","date_gmt":"2025-08-15T17:36:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress.vecurosoft.com\/medilax\/all-services\/family-physician-copy\/"},"modified":"2026-02-03T12:41:29","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T12:41:29","slug":"infeccion-osea-osteomielitis","status":"publish","type":"medilax_service","link":"https:\/\/doctorordas.es\/en\/all-services\/infeccion-osea-osteomielitis\/","title":{"rendered":"Bone infection\/Osteomyelitis"},"content":{"rendered":"
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This is an infection of the bone<\/strong> that can occur after fractures, surgeries, or wounds near the bone, usually caused by bacteria.<\/strong>It is more common in people with weakened immune systems, diabetes, open fractures (where the bone is exposed to the outside environment), or following surgery.<\/span><\/h5>
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The main symptoms of osteomyelitis or fracture-related infections include:<\/span><\/h5>
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    Treatment usually requires a timely <\/span>combination<\/b> of <\/span>antibiotics<\/b> and <\/span>surgery<\/b> including surgical debridement, bone stabilization (by removing, replacing, or retaining fixation hardware), and bone reconstruction in cases with bone defects. <\/span>Each case must be assessed<\/b> and managed individually.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Treatment Name Acude a consulta de forma presencial u online RESERVAR CITA Es una infecci\u00f3n en el hueso que puede ocurrir tras fracturas, cirug\u00edas o heridas cerca del hueso causada generalmente por bacterias. Es m\u00e1s frecuente en personas con sistema inmunitario debilitado, con diabetes, con fracturas abiertas (que comunican el hueso con el ambiente exterior),…<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":8505,"template":"","service_category":[66],"service_tag":[],"class_list":["post-1470","medilax_service","type-medilax_service","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","service_category-lesiones-tratamientos"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/doctorordas.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/medilax_service\/1470","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/doctorordas.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/medilax_service"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/doctorordas.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/medilax_service"}],"version-history":[{"count":36,"href":"https:\/\/doctorordas.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/medilax_service\/1470\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9297,"href":"https:\/\/doctorordas.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/medilax_service\/1470\/revisions\/9297"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/doctorordas.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8505"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/doctorordas.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1470"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"service_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/doctorordas.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/service_category?post=1470"},{"taxonomy":"service_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/doctorordas.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/service_tag?post=1470"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}