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World J Orthop. Jul 18, 2022; 13(7): 622-630
Published online Jul 18, 2022. doi: 10.5312/wjo.v13.i7.622
Published online Jul 18, 2022. doi: 10.5312/wjo.v13.i7.622
Septic arthritis of the hand: Current issues of etiology, pathogenesis, diagnosis, treatment
Konstantin V Lipatov, Aleksandr D Kazantcev, Department of General Surgery, Institute of Clinical Medicine named after N.V. Sklifosovsky, Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University (Sechenov University), Moscow 119021, Russia
Arthur Asatryan, Wound and Wound Infection Surgery, State Budgetary Institution “City Clinical Hospital named after S.S. Yudin of Moscow Healthcare Department”, Moscow 115446, Russia
George Melkonyan, Department of General Surgery, Physician of The Hospital for War Veterans No 3, Moscow 129336, Russia
Ekaterina I Solov’eva, Urii E Cherkasov, Department of General Surgery, I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University, Moscow 119048, Russia
Author contributions: Lipatov V Konstantin performed conceptualization, writing - review & editing; Asatryan Arthur and Melkonyan George performed methodology, writing - original draft; Kazantcev D Aleksandr performed visualization, writing - review & editing; Solov’eva I Ekaterina and Cherkasov E Urii performed investigation; supervision.
Conflict-of-interest statement: All the authors declare no conflict of interests for this article.
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Corresponding author: Konstantin V Lipatov, Doctor, MD, Doctor, Full Professor, Department of General Surgery, Institute of Clinical Medicine named after N.V. Sklifosovsky, Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University (Sechenov University), Rossolimo street, 11-2, Moscow 119021, Russia. lipatov_k_v@staff.sechenov.ru
Received: March 27, 2022
Peer-review started: March 27, 2022
First decision: June 16, 2022
Revised: June 19, 2022
Accepted: July 8, 2022
Article in press: July 8, 2022
Published online: July 18, 2022
Peer-review started: March 27, 2022
First decision: June 16, 2022
Revised: June 19, 2022
Accepted: July 8, 2022
Article in press: July 8, 2022
Published online: July 18, 2022
Core Tip
Core Tip: Septic arthritis of the hand often occurs as a result of penetrating wounds. The most common causative agent is Staphylococcus aureus, often characterized by high antibiotic resistance. Delayed treatment of septic arthritis can lead to cartilage destruction and osteomyelitis. To achieve a positive result in the treatment of septic arthritis of the hand, timely surgery, adequate antibiotic therapy and early rehabilitation are necessary.