Percutaneous suction and irrigation for the treatment of recalcitrant pyogenic spondylodiscitis

Percutaneous suction and irrigation for the treatment of recalcitrant pyogenic spondylodiscitis

Abstract Background The primary management of pyogenic spondylodiscitis is conservative. Once the causative organism has been identified, by blood culture or biopsy, administration of appropriate intravenous antibiotics is started. Occasionally patients do not respond to antibiotics and surgical irr...

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Main Authors: William Griffith-Jones, Luigi Aurelio Nasto, Enrico Pola, Oliver M. Stokes, Hossein Mehdian
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2018-08-01
Series:Journal of Orthopaedics and Traumatology
Subjects:
Pyogenic spondylodiscitis
Minimally invasive technique
Spinal abscess drainage
Spinal percutaneous drainage
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s10195-018-0496-9

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