[Treatment of complicated childhood osteomyelitis at Yopougon University Hospital, Abidjan (Côte d'Ivoire)].

Background: Complicated osteomyelitis in children is difficult to treat and can lead to important functional sequelae.

Objective: To report epidemiological, clinical and diagnostic aspects as well as treatment and outcome of complicated osteomyelitis in children.

Patients And Methods: This retrospective study of complicated osteomyelitis cases treated from March 2000 through March 2004 in the orthopedics unit of the Yopougon University Hospital in Yopougon identified 42 children with complicated osteomyelitis (defined as all acute osteomyelitis lesions that developed any complications).