[Treatment of chronic osteomyelitis in children by means of closed lavage of the bone cavity].

The bone cavity left after radical sequester- and necrectomy was treated by the method of closed lavage. The procedure of the bone cavity drainage is proposed consisting in bringing a tube to the bone cavity through a separate cutter opening. An autograft from the site of access to the focus is used for closing the cortical defect left after radical operation. The method of closed lavage was used in 68 patients on 72 foci. Recovery was noted after 65 operations, recurrences-after 7 operations, (9,7%).