Introduction: Osteomyelitis is an infection of bone tissue that affecting the bone marrow and/or bone
cortex, it can be either exogenous or hematogenous. Osteomyelitis can be an acute inammatory
process or chronic inammation of the bone and its surrounding tissue secondary to infection. Osteomyelitis can be acute or
chronic.
Aims : This study aim to nd out the demographic characteristics and site of lesion inpatient with osteomyelitis in Haji Adam
Malik General Hospital Medan from 2016-2017
Method: This isa descriptive study aims to determine the characteristics of osteomyelitis patients in Haji Adam Malik General
Hospital Medan from 2016-2017. Samples were medical records data from patients diagnosed with osteomyelitis treated in
Haji Adam Malik General Hospital Medan ward.
Results: This study showed that out of 51 osteomyelitis patients, there were 9 patients (17.6%) in the age group of <18 years and
42 patients (82,4%) were in the age group of > 18 years. 40 patients were male (78.4%), and the rest 11 patients (21.6%) were
female. There were 22 patients with elementary school graduate (43.1%), 25 patients with junior high school graduate (49.0%)
while the rest 4 patients were senior high school graduate (7.9%). Patients who had occupation were 34 patients (66.7%), while
those who did not have any occupation were 17 patients (33.3%).
Based on the anatomical location of osteomyelitis, most of the infected site were in the long bones, such as in the Femur (35.5%),
Tibia (19.6%) and Tibia-Fibula (13.7%). The most common site of osteomyelitis sites of lesion besides long bones were in foot
(11.8%), Ankle (5.9%). The other location were Pelvis, Clavicle and Digiti III Manus Dextra, each affecting only 1 patient (2.0%).
Conclusion: Osteomyelitis patients are more often seen in age groups of > 18 years, male, junior high school graduate and
who had some occupation. While the site of infection is commonly seen in the long bones, namely in the femur
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