PMID: 9167780Jun 1, 1997Paper

Surgical management of nontuberculous thoracic and lumbar vertebral osteomyelitis: report of 33 cases

Surgical Neurology
P M ArnoldS J Larson

Abstract

Thirty-three patients with nontuberculous pyogenic thoracic and lumbar vertebral osteomyelitis were treated surgically. Indications for surgery were either progression of disease despite adequate antibiotic therapy, neurologic deficit, or both. The most common initial symptom was back pain. Seven patients had diabetes, seven patients were intravenous drug users, two patients were receiving immunosuppressive therapy, and seven patients had a debilitating disease. Eleven had infections elsewhere in their bodies. Prior to surgery organisms were grown from blood in 10 patients and at surgery in 15 patients. Infection was evident on plain films in all patients, and either a CT scan or MRI was obtained in each. The lateral extracavitary approach was used for resection of granulation tissue and infected bone ventral to the dura. Interbody bone grafts were placed in 19 patients, usually when bone resection was extensive. Posterior instrumentation was placed in 17 patients at a second procedure 10 days-2 weeks following initial operation. Intravenous antibiotics were administered for 4-6 weeks following surgery, and solid fusion was obtained in all patients. Neurologic deficit was present in 28 patients prior to surgery and was function...Continue Reading

References

Dec 1, 1976·Journal of Neurosurgery·S J LarsonA Sances
Jun 1, 1991·Journal of Neurosurgery·D W CahillG R Rechtine
Apr 1, 1990·Surgical Neurology·R K OsenbachA H Menezes
Sep 1, 1990·Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography·M J PostH Gahbauer
Aug 1, 1989·AJR. American Journal of Roentgenology·A S SmithC F Lanzieri
Jan 1, 1988·Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography·S F QuinnC Cochran
Oct 1, 1985·Radiology·M T ModicS Rehm
Jan 1, 1985·Neuroradiology·D R Burke, M Brant-Zawadzki
Sep 1, 1985·Australian Veterinary Journal·I W Bradney
Jun 1, 1983·AJR. American Journal of Roentgenology·S V KattapuramR Boyd
Jan 1, 1984·AJR. American Journal of Roentgenology·C GolimbuM Rafii
May 1, 1983·Spine·M Brant-ZawadzkiR B Jeffrey
Jan 1, 1984·Neurosurgery·J M LoboskyD E McDonnell
Aug 14, 1980·The New England Journal of Medicine·F A Waldvogel, P S Papageorgiou
Nov 1, 1959·The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery. British Volume·A M WILEY, J TRUETA

❮ Previous
Next ❯

Citations

Jan 15, 2005·Der Orthopäde·M KeilR Abel
Jul 25, 2012·Der Orthopäde·M KeilR Abel
Sep 10, 2003·European Spine Journal : Official Publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society·U LiljenqvistW Winkelmann
Jun 26, 2008·European Spine Journal : Official Publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society·Li-Yang DaiLei-Sheng Jiang
May 6, 2009·European Spine Journal : Official Publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society·N BettiniS Cervellati
May 25, 2010·European Spine Journal : Official Publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society·Ralf G HempelmannRalph Schön
Jun 30, 2010·European Spine Journal : Official Publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society·Lih-Huei ChenWen-Jer Chen
Jul 11, 2006·Journal of Spinal Disorders & Techniques·Timothy R KukloMichael K Rosner
Aug 22, 2007·Surgical Laparoscopy, Endoscopy & Percutaneous Techniques·Amin AminiMeic H Schmidt
Jan 5, 2007·Internal Medicine·Takuhiro MoromizatoYasuharu Tokuda
Jun 3, 2010·Journal of Neurosurgery. Spine·Mahmoud RayesHazem A Eltahawy
Jul 22, 2004·Neurosurgical Focus·Jason LifshutzDennis Maiman
Jan 8, 2005·Neurosurgical Focus·Alfredo Quiñones-HinojosaPhilip R Weinstein
Jan 8, 2005·Neurosurgical Focus·Alfred T Ogden, Michael G Kaiser
Jan 8, 2005·Neurosurgical Focus·Max C LeeDaniel H Kim
Apr 20, 2014·Case Reports in Orthopedics·Mehmet Nuri ErdemMehmet Tezer
Aug 2, 2014·Neurosurgical Focus·Dushyanth SrinivasanPaul Park
May 17, 2014·European Spine Journal : Official Publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society·Daniel LubelskiThomas E Mroz
Sep 16, 2011·Radiographics : a Review Publication of the Radiological Society of North America, Inc·Cristopher A MeyerDanielle Seaman
Dec 20, 2015·Journal of Neurosurgery. Spine·Paul M ForemanMark N Hadley
Aug 1, 2006·Neurosurgery Clinics of North America·Jorge J Jaramillo-de la TorreCharles Kuntz
Apr 22, 2015·European Spine Journal : Official Publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society·L HomagkD Marmelstein
Oct 2, 2008·Neurosurgery·Jean-Marc VoyadzisRichard G Fessler
May 2, 2007·Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research·S DanaviahS Cassol
Mar 9, 2006·Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research·Sotirios Tsiodras, Matthew E Falagas
Mar 9, 2006·Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research·Matthew E CunninghamFrank P Cammisa
Mar 9, 2006·Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research·Andrew N SwansonFederico P Girardi
May 25, 2006·The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery. British Volume·J S Lee, K T Suh
Feb 25, 2009·Expert Opinion on Pharmacotherapy·Juan García-Lechuz, Emilio Bouza
Dec 27, 2011·Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society·Won HeoJong Woo Han

❮ Previous
Next ❯

Related Concepts

Related Feeds

Antifungals (ASM)

An antifungal, also known as an antimycotic medication, is a pharmaceutical fungicide or fungistatic used to treat and prevent mycosis such as athlete's foot, ringworm, candidiasis, cryptococcal meningitis, and others. Discover the latest research on antifungals here.

Antifungals

An antifungal, also known as an antimycotic medication, is a pharmaceutical fungicide or fungistatic used to treat and prevent mycosis such as athlete's foot, ringworm, candidiasis, cryptococcal meningitis, and others. Discover the latest research on antifungals here.

Related Papers

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Psychiatry
R M RedfernE Dervin
European Spine Journal : Official Publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society
H MatsuiY Sakaguchi
European Spine Journal : Official Publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society
U LiljenqvistW Winkelmann
Journal of Neurosurgery
D D DietzeR P Jacob
© 2021 Meta ULC. All rights reserved