Life Expectancy Is Poor in Patients with Diffuse Idiopathic Skeletal Hyperostosis-Related Pyogenic Vertebral Osteomyelitis

Life Expectancy Is Poor in Patients with Diffuse Idiopathic Skeletal Hyperostosis-Related Pyogenic Vertebral Osteomyelitis

Introduction: Pyogenic vertebral osteomyelitis (PVO) is an uncommon but life-threatening infectious disease. Diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis (DISH) is an age-related disorder and sometimes problematic in terms of spinal instability or high mortality, especially in cases of DISH-related frac...

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Main Authors: Kentaro Yamada, Makoto Ieguchi, Shinji Takahashi, Hiroaki Nakamura
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The Japanese Society for Spine Surgery and Related Research 2022-11-01
Series:Spine Surgery and Related Research
Subjects:
pyogenic vertebral osteomyelitis
diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis
mortality
single institution
propensity score-adjusted analysis
Online Access:https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/ssrr/6/6/6_2022-0021/_pdf/-char/en

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