Obturator Pyomyositis in a Pediatric Patient Resolved by Ultrasound-Guided Percutaneous Drainage. Case Report

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Pablo M. Enríquez Romo
Erika Johanna Bonifaz Manzano
Pablo Mauricio Enríquez Romo
Jamil Cedillo-Balcázar
Nicolás Eduardo Rodríguez Vélez
J. Fernando Soto-Alvarado

Abstract

The objective of this case report is to present the management of a case of pyogenic myositis of the obturator muscle in a pediatric patient using ultrasound-guided percutaneous drainage. The patient is a 5-year-old pediatric patient with clinical and laboratory manifestations of deep muscular infection at the obturator level, an area of difficult surgical access, for which the least invasive treatment possible was used to drain purulent content from the affected area. The use of magnetic resonance imaging studies allows for a more accurate diagnosis in cases of early pyogenic infection, as well as determining the most effective approach to treatment. In some cases, ultrasound guidance can be used to avoid a formal surgical approach, reducing wound complications and morbidity and mortality. The addition of image-guided percutaneous procedures is a very useful tool for the treatment of infectious diseases and a great help to the orthopedist.

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Enríquez Romo, P. M., Bonifaz Manzano, E. J., Enríquez Romo , P. M., Cedillo-Balcázar, J., Rodríguez Vélez, N. E., & Soto-Alvarado, J. F. (2023). Obturator Pyomyositis in a Pediatric Patient Resolved by Ultrasound-Guided Percutaneous Drainage. Case Report. Revista De La Asociación Argentina De Ortopedia Y Traumatología, 88(6), 669-675. https://doi.org/10.15417/issn.1852-7434.2023.88.6.1677
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Pablo M. Enríquez Romo, Orthopedic-Traumatology Service, Hospital General “Manuel Ygnacio Monteros”, Ecuador

Orthopedic-Traumatology Service, Hospital General “Manuel Ygnacio Monteros”, Ecuador

Erika Johanna Bonifaz Manzano, Orthopedic-Traumatology Service, Hospital General “Manuel Ygnacio Monteros”, Ecuador

Orthopedic-Traumatology Service, Hospital General “Manuel Ygnacio Monteros”, Ecuador

Jamil Cedillo-Balcázar, School of Health Sciences, Universidad Técnica Particular de Loja, Ecuador

School of Health Sciences, Universidad Técnica Particular de Loja, Ecuador

Nicolás Eduardo Rodríguez Vélez, School of Health Sciences, Universidad Técnica Particular de Loja, Ecuador

School of Health Sciences, Universidad Técnica Particular de Loja, Ecuador

J. Fernando Soto-Alvarado, School of Health Sciences, Universidad Técnica Particular de Loja, Ecuador

School of Health Sciences, Universidad Técnica Particular de Loja, Ecuador

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