СОВРЕМЕННОЕ СОСТОЯНИЕ ВОПРОСА КОМПЛЕКСНОЙ ЛУЧЕВОЙ ДИАГНОСТИКИ ОСТЕОМИЕЛИТА У ДЕТЕЙ И ПОДРОСТКОВ

The aim of the study is to evaluate the possibilities of osteomyelitis radiology treatment in children and adolescents. Material and methods. The analysis of the scientific literature over the last 6 years using the databases PubMed, MEDLINE, Medscape and eLIBRARY. The 56 modern publications in Russian and English are singled out, and 14 of them are included in the analysis. Results. Acute hematogenous osteomyelitis is one of the most common infections that occur in children. Successful treatment of this disease resulted in a decrease in the mortality rate of children from 45.0 % to 8.4 %, but the number of relapses and its complications reached 68.0 %. The transition of the acute process to the subacute and chronic stages is about 40.6 % and represents a completely new disease with the development of severe orthopedic complications. The proportion of complications of acute hematogenous osteomyelitis such as growth disorder of various segments of the extremities ranges from 3.0 % to 6.0 %, which is caused by damage to the growth zones and orthopedic complications.