ArticleInternational journal of surgery case reports2016
Lumbosacral spondylodiscitis due to rectal fistula following mesh penetration 7 years after colpopexy.
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- Spondylodiscitis After Surgery for Pelvic Organ Prolapse: Description of a Rare Complication and Systematic Review of the Literature.Frontiers in surgery · 2021Pooled it
- Management of Mesh-Related Complications Following Uterovaginal Prolapse Repair: A Systematic Review.International urogynecology journal · 2026Article
- Radiation proctitis-related lumbar spondylodiscitis due toBMJ case reports · 2021Article
- Conservative Management of Spondylodiscitis after Laparoscopic Sacral Colpopexy: A Case Report and Review of Literature.Revista brasileira de ginecologia e obstetricia : revista da Federacao Brasileira das Sociedades de Ginecologia e Obstetricia · 2021Review
- Lumbosacral discitis as a rare complication of laparoscopic sacrocolpopexy.International urogynecology journal · 2020Article
- Review
- Spondylodiscitis after minimally invasive recto- and colpo-sacropexy: Report of a case and systematic review of the literature.Journal of minimal access surgeryArticle
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Abstract
introductionThe primary source of spondylodiscitis cannot always be identified. However, not treating the original focus might preclude successful healing due to further spread of the causative microorganisms. CASE REPORT: An 80-year-old woman presented with lumbar spondylodiscitis. She received surgical debridement and stabilization with transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion and tailored antibiotic therapy after isolation of Enterococcus spp. Despite appropriate treatment, the patient's condition continued to worsen. An extensive search for the primary infection source finally revealed a rectal fistula caused by a synthetic mesh that had been inserted 7 years before for abdominal sacrocolpopexy. Only after removal of the fistula and protective ileostomy did the patient's condition improved, allowing successful healing of the spondylodiscitis. After a follow-up period of one year no infection relapse was observed.
conclusionIn cases of spondyodiscitis that are resistant to adequate treatment, a search for infection source must be continued until the focus is found and treated. The presence of uncommon enteric microorganisms causing spondylodiscitis, such as Enterococcus spp., is suggestive of contiguous spread and should therefore be further investigated.
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