1. Surgical procedure: As with mild infection, severe infection can be treated with surgical cleansing of the bone. The bone can be accessed by a variety of approaches through the skin, and an orthopedic surgeon who specializes in bone infection or osteomyelitis can determine the best surgical approach.. Bone rebuilding: Temporary structural stability can be achieved with external fixation while the infection is being eradicated. Bone rebuilding techniques can involve bone grafting or bone transport that is achieved with the use of a special Ilizarov external fixator.
Confidence Interval. Statisticians use a confidence interval to express the degree of uncertainty associated with a sample statistic. A confidence interval is an interval estimate combined with a probability statement. For example, suppose a statistician conducted a survey and computed an interval estimate, based on survey data. The statistician might use a confidence level to describe uncertainty associated with the interval estimate.
The confidence interval is a range of values calculated by statistical methods which includes the desired true parameter (for example, the arithmetic mean, the difference between two means, the odds ratio etc.) with a probability defined in advance (coverage probability, confidence probability, or confidence level).