Complications of acute osteomyelitis -a) Malignancyb) Fracture of the affected bonec) Sepsisd) Chronicity

The important complications are : - i) Septicemia and pyemia            ii)  Septic arthritis     iii) Chronic oseomyelitis (most common complication)    iv) Metastatic infection to other bones, serous cavities, Lung or brain.             v)  Pathological fracture    vi) Altered growth from damage to epiphyseal growth plate.