- Request received14/06/2026
- Checked & confirmed29/06/2026
- Fundraising29/06/2026
- Treatment provided05/08/2026
- Invoice paid05/08/2026
- Case closed
Why is treatment sometimes done earlier than the payment?
When a case is urgent and vital, hospitals often proceed with delivering medical care right away to save a life, even before the finalisation of admission procedures. Usually, when this happens, hospitals put the bill on our credit until the funds are transferred to their accounts. That’s why the chronology can sometimes be in disorder.
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Aliyu M., 9
In treatmentBones & joints
26
$1140
About bones & joints
Chronic osteomyelitis of the left tibia with discharging sinuses is a persistent bone infection characterized by chronic inflammation, bone destruction, and formation of sinus tracts draining pus to the skin surface. Common causes include inadequately treated acute osteomyelitis, trauma, or open fractures. Patients present with chronic pain, swelling, fever, deformity, and foul-smelling discharge. Management involves prolonged antibiotics, surgical debridement, sequestrectomy, wound care, and rehabilitation.
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Background
Aliyu is a 9yo male child living with his parents and siblings. The child attends a government primary school, he has wishes of becoming an engineer. Going to school has been difficult for him because of his condition. The father is a labourer and the mother is a house wife. They live in a 2 rooms apartment having a pit toilet, they have access to electricity, source of water is well. Monthly income is 10000. was well until about 4 months ago when he sustained blunt injury to left tibia during football. The leg became painful and set traditionally a traditional bone setter due to lack of money for proper hospital care which laid complication in infection.
Medical history
Following surgical intervention, the patient underwent removal of the sequestrum and thorough debridement of the infected left tibia. Appropriate antibiotics, wound care, analgesics, and supportive treatment were commenced. The surgical wound gradually improved, with reduction and eventual cessation of the discharging sinuses. Pain and swelling subsided, and inflammatory signs resolved. During recovery, the patient became more comfortable and progressively regained mobility of the affected limb. Physiotherapy was commenced to improve strength, joint movement, and weight-bearing ability. Serial wound assessments showed satisfactory healing without evidence of recurrent infection. The patient was discharged in stable condition with instructions to complete the prescribed antibiotics, maintain proper wound care, attend orthopedic follow-up, and continue physiotherapy. Subsequent review showed good wound healing, improved limb function, and progressive recovery.
Prognosis
Chronic osteomyelitis of the left tibia with discharging sinuses is a serious long-standing bone infection requiring aggressive and prolonged treatment. Successful management is on adequate surgical debridement, removal of sequestra, appropriate antibiotics, and proper wound care. Prognosis varies with infection severity and treatment response. Early comprehensive care will achieve remission, while delayed or recurrent infection can lead to chronic pain, deformity, pathological fractures, disability, or possible limb amputation. Aliyu was admitted and planned for immediate sequestrectomy.
