orthopaedic surgery  (osteomyelitis )-Raymond Friday muwowo
Channel: Nurse Ray 📚📚
Date: 21/05/2020

Hey!this video talks about the definition of osteomyelitis,causative agents  and route of entry.
Osteomyelitis is the inflammation  of the bone and bone morrow caused by bacteria infection. The causative agents are classified into pyogenic and non pyogenic and the most commonest pyogenic cause is staph aureus and under non pyogenic  is mycobacteria tuberculosis. The vertebrae bones are affected in adults and children its the long bones. 
The commonest route of transmission is hematogenous spread through the nutrient artery the vessel that takes oxygen and nutrient to the metaphysis.
The other route is direct inoculation of microbes which can be due to trauma when patient sustain an open fracture which makes it easy for bacteria to enter,also sugery when not following aseptic techniques.
We als have contiguous spread and an example is cellulitis.