Primary Chronic Osteomyelitis of the Jaws in Children: An Update on Pathophysiology, Radiological Findings, Treatment Strategies, and Prospective Analysis of Two Cases

Table 2

Treatment strategies and outcome.

Studies	Drug therapy	Surgical treatment	Other treatments	Follow-up time	Number/CR
Heggie et al., 2003 [33]	AB, NSAID	Decortication	No	60	2/1
Yamazaki et al., 2007 [65]	AB, NSAID	Decortication	Pamidronate; HBOT	60	1/1
Lentrodt et al., 2007 [20]	AB	Decortication, removal of third-molar germ	HBOT	42	3/0
Bevin et al., 2008 [37]	AB	Extraction of teeth, partial resection of mandible	No	264 (60–408)	4/1
Theologie-Lygidakis et al., 2011 [14]	AB, NSAID	Decortication	No	24	5/2
Obel et al., 2013 [36]	AB, NSAID, P	No	Triamcinolone injection	51	3/0
Ventin and Eguido, 2006 [67]	AB	No	No	24	1/0
Agarwal et al., 2014 [7]	AB	Decortication	No	24	1/0
Kanemoto et al., 1992 [68]	AB	Decortication	Cefmetazole sodium; Fosfomycin sodium	54	1/0
Zemann et al., 2011 [66]	AB	No	No	48	1/0
Berglund, 2015 (The present study)	AB, NSAID, P	Decortication, removal of third-molar germ	No	9	2/2

AB = antibiotic, NSAID = nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug, P = prednisolone, and CR = clinical recurrence.