02453nas a2200517   4500000000100000008004100001260000900042653002800051653001500079653001000094653000900104653002200113653002600135653003300161653002600194653001300220653001500233653003000248653001600278653001100294653000900305653001500314653001500329653000900344653001100353653001900364653001200383653000900395653001600404653002600420653001300446653003200459653001500491653001200506653002900518653002700547653001800574100001600592700001500608700001500623245013300638300001100771490000700782520113200789022001401921       1999                            d  c199910aAdministration, Topical10aAdolescent10aAdult10aAged10aAged, 80 and over10aAnti-Bacterial Agents10aAnti-Infective Agents, Local10aArthritis, Infectious10aBacteria10aCellulitis10aCombined Modality Therapy10aDebridement10aFemale10aFoot10aFoot Bones10aFoot Ulcer10aHand10aHumans10aImmobilization10aleprosy10aMale10aMiddle Aged10aOsmolar Concentration10aOsteitis10aPostoperative Complications10aSkin Ulcer10aSucrose10aSurgical Wound Infection10aTherapeutic Irrigation10aWound Healing1 aGrauwin M Y1 aCartel J L1 aLepers J P00a[How does one treat the osteitis and osteoarthritis of the extremities in older leprosy patients using granulated table sugar?].  a147-520 v113 a<p>A common problem of osteitis and septic arthritis is the recurrent bone infection after surgical debridement, a problem frequently encountered in patients with sequela leprosy. In these cases the authors propose the use of an ancient method of post surgical wound care based on the treatment with ordinary granulated sugar. The hyperosmolar climate created this way in the wounds inhibits the bacterial growth, enhances bacterial death and therefore permits the growth of granulation tissue in order to recover the debrided nude bones. At ILAD (Leprosy Institute of Dakar), 36 osteitis and septic arthritis were treated and healed during the last 2 years from March 1995 to March 1997 using this technic. All the wounds healed in the mean-time of 44 days. Only two of them needed a second debridement and healed afterwards. Up to now the method using ordinary sugar was applied in the treatment of infected wounds, eschars and postsurgical infections. Our experience shows that it also can be indicated to treat bone infections. This method is easy to apply also under often difficult field conditions and is very cheap.</p>  a0001-5938