Abstract:Objective To investigate the predictive value of fibroblast growth factor 2 (FGF2) and bone morphogenetic protein-2 (BMP-2) for the prognosis of lesion clearance combined with closed negative pressure drainage treatment in patients with type Ⅲ and Ⅳ chronic osteomyelitis.Methods A total of 105 patients with type Ⅲ and Ⅳ chronic osteomyelitis treated at the First Affiliated Hospital of Xinjiang Medical University from January 2020 to December 2021 were prospectively included as research subjects. All patients received lesion clearance combined with closed negative pressure drainage treatment and were divided into a good efficacy group (75 cases, 71.4%) and a poor efficacy group (30 cases, 28.6%) according to different treatment outcomes. The clinical data, serum inflammatory factors, and FGF2 and BMP-2 expression levels were compared between the two groups. Multivariate logistic regression analysis was used to identify independent risk factors affecting patient prognosis and to analyze the relationship between FGF2, BMP-2, and prognosis. Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves and decision curves were constructed to analyze the predictive efficacy and net benefit of FGF2, BMP-2, and the combined prediction model.Results The proportion of type Ⅳ Cierny-Mader classification and sinus formation in the poor efficacy group was higher than that in the good efficacy group (P < 0.05). The levels of erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR), C-reactive protein (CRP), and tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-α) in the poor efficacy group were higher than those in the good efficacy group (P < 0.05). The levels of FGF2 and BMP-2 in the poor efficacy group were lower than those in the good efficacy group (P < 0.05). Multivariate logistic regression analysis showed that Cierny-Mader classification [O^R = 5.036 (95% CI: 1.369, 9.894)], sinus formation [O^R = 2.987 (95% CI: 1.156, 7.247)], FGF2 [O^R = 0.446 (95% CI: 0.129, 0.735)], and BMP-2 [O^R = 0.485 (95% CI: 0.212, 0.738)] were independent risk factors affecting the prognosis of patients with type Ⅲ and Ⅳ chronic osteomyelitis (P < 0.05). A prediction model based on FGF2 and BMP-2 was constructed, and the calibration curve showed that the predicted values of treatment efficacy in patients with type Ⅲ and Ⅳ chronic osteomyelitis were close to the actual observed values. The ROC curve analysis showed that the areas under the curve for predicting the prognosis of Cierny-Mader classification, sinus formation, FGF2, and BMP-2 were 0.783 (95% CI: 0.754, 0.875), 0.752 (95% CI: 0.761, 0.893), 0.823 (95% CI: 0.789, 0.885), and 0.811 (95% CI: 0.797, 0.875), respectively. The optimal cutoff values for FGF2 and BMP-2 were 18.9 ng/L and 113.5 ng/L, respectively, and the area under the curve for the combined prediction model was 0.952 (95% CI: 0.896, 0.991). Decision curve analysis showed that Cierny-Mader classification, sinus formation, FGF2, and BMP-2 had good net benefit rates for predicting prognosis, and the overall net benefit rate of the combined prediction was higher than that of a single index.Conclusion The prediction model based on Cierny-Mader classification, sinus formation, FGF2, and BMP-2 can accurately predict the prognosis of patients with type Ⅲ and Ⅳ chronic osteomyelitis treated with lesion clearance combined with closed negative pressure drainage.