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Medicina (Lithuania), 2022 Background and Objectives: The incidence of pyogenic spondylodiscitis has been increasing due to the aging of the population. Although surgical treatment is performed for refractory pyogenic spondylodiscitis, surgical invasiveness should be considered ...
Shinichi Ishihara +2 more
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Pathogen Identification in Suspected Cases of Pyogenic Spondylodiscitis
Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 2017 Pyogenic spinal infection continues to represent a worldwide problem. In approximately one-third of patients with pyogenic spondylodiscitis, the infectious agent is never identified.
Ahmad Farajzadeh Sheikh +2 more
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Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, 2021 Study design: Retrospective analysis of a single institution prospective, longitudinal database of spinal pyogenic infections. Diagnosis of pyogenic spondylodiscitis (PS) can be challenging.
Luigi Aurelio Nasto +2 more
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Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, 2021 A 79-year-old man was admitted to our hospital with C6-C7 pyogenic spondylodiscitis with an epidural abscess. Since the cervical intervertebral space is narrower than the thoracolumbar intervertebral space, drain insertion into the cervical ...
Kosuke Tomita +4 more
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Journal of Orthopedics, Traumatology and Rehabilitation, 2020 Introduction: Spondylodiscitis in the Indian population is mostly tubercular and pyogenic. Gadolinium-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is currently most suited for radiological evaluation of the spine in patients with suspected vertebral ...
Ibad I Sha +3 more
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A disease that is difficult to diagnose and treat: evaluation of 343 spondylodiscitis cases
Journal of International Medical Research, 2021 Objective Spondylodiscitis is an important clinical a problem requiring serious approaches. In this study, we sought to raise awareness by examining the epidemiology and laboratory, clinical, and radiological findings of spondylodiscitis, which sometimes
Safak Kaya +3 more
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Mediators of Inflammation, 2023 Purpose. There have been many studies in the operative management of pyogenic spondylodiscitis with foreign materials. However, it still remains an issue of debate on whether the allografts may be used in pyogenic spondylodiscitis.
Huo-Liang Zheng +6 more
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Scientific Reports, 2023 Spondylodiscitis is the commonest spine infection, and pyogenic spondylodiscitis is the most common subtype. Whilst antibiotic therapy is the mainstay of treatment, some advocate that early surgery can improve mortality, relapse rates, and length of stay.
Santhosh G. Thavarajasingam +11 more
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Early surgical debridement and fixation for pyogenic lumbar spondylodiscitis
Egyptian Journal of Neurosurgery, 2020 Background Management of pyogenic lumbar spondylodiscitis still represent a major conflict and challenge in neurosurgery due to different pathogens and the different methods available for management.
Mohamed Ibrahim Refaat, Omar Y. Abdallah
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Spondylodiscitis in Geriatric Patients: What Are the Issues?
Global Spine Journal, 2023 Study Design Review article. Objectives A review of literature on the treatment of pyogenic spondylodiscitis in geriatric patients was performed with the aim to give an overview about these special patients and a recommendation on necessary diagnostics ...
Christian Herren +9 more
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