[Results of the surgical treatment of chronic hematogenous osteomyelitis of the humerus. A series of 46 cases].

Forty-six patients with chronic haematogenous osteomyelitis of the humerus were treated surgically between 1968 and 1987. Operation involved decompression, sequestrectomy and saucerisation, and was always covered by between 10 and 60 days of antibiotic treatment. Forty-three patients were followed up for between 3 months and 20 years, 36 for more than 1 year. Thirty-nine patients achieved healing after one operation and 7 relapsed, of whom 6 healed after a second procedure.