ReviewDer Orthopade2020
[Pyogenic spondylodiscitis: symptoms, diagnostics and therapeutic strategies].
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- Infectious spondylodiscitis: Epidemiology, diagnosis, microbiological findings, clinical features and outcomes in a 14-year retrospective study.European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology · 2025Article
- Multimodal management for low-back pain associated with spondylodiscitis.Medicine and pharmacy reports · 2024Article
- Comparative analysis of different treatment strategies for septic spondylitis: a retrospective study of one hundred and twelve patients.International orthopaedics · 2024Article
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- In-Hospital Mortality from Spondylodiscitis: Insights from a Single-Center Retrospective Study.Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Article
- Evaluation of different diagnostic methods for spinal tuberculosis infection.BMC infectious diseases · 2023Article
- Infected calcium oxalate stone leading to pyogenic spondylodiscitis and bilateral lower limb weakness: a case report.Annals of medicine and surgery (2012) · 2023Article
- Diagnostic Approach and Differences between Spinal Infections and Tumors.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- The Efficacy of Daily Local Antibiotic Lavage via an Epidural Suction-Irrigation Drainage Technique in Spondylodiscitis and Isolated Spinal Epidural Empyema: A 20-Year Experience of a Single Spine Center.Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Article
- The one-stop-shop approach: Navigating lumbar 360-degree instrumentation in a single position.Frontiers in surgery · 2023Article
- Clinical phenotyping of spondylodiscitis and isolated spinal epidural empyema: a 20-year experience and cohort study.Frontiers in surgery · 2023Article
- Diagnostic efficiency of metagenomic next-generation sequencing for suspected spinal tuberculosis in China: A multicenter prospective study.Frontiers in microbiology · 2022Article
- Da Vinci robot-assisted laparoscopic retroperitoneal debridement for lumbar septic spondylodiscitis: A two-case report.Frontiers in surgery · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundPyogenic spondylodiscitis is a rare disease that is being diagnosed with increasing frequency in recent years. It is associated with a high morbidity and mortality. DIAGNOSIS: Often, because of its nonspecific symptoms, pyogenic spondylodiscitis is diagnose with some delay. In addition to pathogen detection, MRI is the gold standard to diagnose pyogenic spondylodiscitis. Also, x-ray imaging and CT can be carried out for surgical planning and for subsequent follow-up imaging. If blood or tissue cultures are negative, open surgical biopsies should be preferred over CT-guided biopsies. THERAPY: The therapy can be conservative, such as immobilization, as well as antibiotics and analgesics, or surgical. If, for example, neurological deficits, spinale instabilities or deformities, septic disease progression or extensive abscess formations are present, surgical therapy is indicated. The surgical treatment strategies depend on the severity of the disease. OUTLOOK: The prognosis is dependent on a rapid diagnosis and a swift start to therapy. There is no clear evidence with regard to treatment options (conservative vs. surgical therapy).
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