E Graham Englert, Collin L Braithwaite, Maria E Aguirre-Flores, Aaron W Lam, Mohamed Sarraj, Abigail Kumagai, E Dimitra Bednar, Adam M Gordon, Ibrahim Salama, Jacob Keeley, Indu Pathak, Waleed Kishta, Ahmed M Thabet, Amr Abdelgawad, Ehab Saleh
The purpose of this study was to determine if short-term outcomes differed for pediatric patients with suspected musculoskeletal infection with or without a preoperative MRI. This was a multicenter, retrospective review of patients aged 0-16 years who presented with atraumatic extremity pain, underwent irrigation and debridement (I&D), and received at least one preoperative or postoperative MRI over a 10-year period. Primary outcomes were time to OR, total I&Ds, readmission rate, time from OR to discharge, and total number of MRIs...
March 2, 2024: Children