Does exfoliative osteomyelitis have to operate?

Patients with exfoliative osteitis can be treated conservatively in the early stage. The method of conservative treatment is to reduce the weight and activity of the knee joint. It is best to brake. Very few patients need to be fixed with braces. Patients with obvious symptoms such as pain should consider arthroscopic surgery. Different arthroscopic treatments should be carried out for different situations. The common cause of exfoliative osteitis is trauma or local blood supply disorder. Osteitis exfoliative can occur in the knee joint and elbow joint. Among them, knee joint mostly occurs in femur and patella. Most common is in femoral condyle and femoral trochlea, patella articular surface, patients often complain of knee pain and see a doctor.