Is Hypercalcemia a Frequent Complication following Local Use of Calcium Sulfate with Antibiotics for the Treatment of Extremity Posttraumatic Osteomyelitis? A Preliminary Study

Table 1

Clinical characteristics of the included patients with extremity posttraumatic OM.

Clinical characteristics	Outcomes
Infection site distribution (left/right/bilateral)	22/31/2
Infection site no. distribution (single/multiple)	51/4
Single infection site distribution (no., %)
Tibia	32 (62.74%)
Calcaneus	8 (15.69%)
Femur	7 (13.72%)
Humerus	1 (1.96%)
Radius	1 (1.96%)
Index finger	1 (1.96%)
The 5th metatarsal	1 (1.96%)
Positive rate of pathogen culture (%, E/T)	57.78% (26/45)
Pathogen for infection (monomicrobial/polymicrobial)	24/2
Pathogen for monomicrobial infection (no., %)
Staphylococcus aureus	6 (25%)
Pseudomonas aeruginosa	3 (12.5%)
Enterococcus faecalis	3 (12.5%)
Other pathogens	12 (50%)

Other pathogens included Acinetobacter baumannii 1 case, Klebsiella 1 case, Enterococcus avium 1 case, Proteus penneri 1 case, Proteus mirabilis 1 case, Gemella haemolysans 1 case, Staphylococcus haemolyticus 1 case, Enterococcus faecium 1 case, Providencia 1 case, Micrococcus luteus 1 case, Achromobacter 1 case, and Enterobacter cloacae 1 case.