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ReviewActa bio-medica : Atenei Parmensis2020

Diagnostic and interventional management of infective spine diseases.

Pierpaolo Palumbo, Federico Bruno, Francesco Arrigoni, Marcello Zappia, Anna Maria Ierardi, Giuseppe Guglielmi, Luigi Zugaro, Marina Carotti, Ernesto Di Cesare, Alessandra Splendiani and 3 more

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Review in Acta bio-medica : Atenei Parmensis, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
6citing papers in PubMed
1.0field-weighted citation impact, top 23% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025
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  4. MR-guided spine interventions: time to get off the ground?Annals of translational medicine · 2021
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors at 7 institutions in 2 countries.

Pierpaolo Palumbopalumbopierpaolo89@gmail.com. palumbopierpaolo89@gmail.com.
Federico BrunoDepartment of Biotechnology and Applied Clinical Sciences, University of L'Aquila, L'Aquila, Italy. federico.bruno.1988@gmail.com.
Francesco ArrigoniDepartment of Biotechnology and Applied Clinical Sciences, University of L'Aquila, L'Aquila, Italy. arrigoni.francesco@gmail.com.
Marcello ZappiaDepartment of Medicine and Health Sciences "V. Tiberio", University of Molise, Campobasso, Italy. marcello.zappia@unimol.it.
Anna Maria IerardiRadiology Department, Fondazione IRCCS Cà Granda, Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy. amierardi@yahoo.it.
Giuseppe GuglielmiDepartment of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Foggia, Foggia, Italy. giuseppe.guglielmi@unifg.it.
Luigi ZugaroDepartment of Emergency Radiology, San Salvatore Hospital, L'Aquila, Italy. luigi.zugaro@virgilio.it.
Marina CarottiUniversity Department of Radiology - Division of Special and Pediatric Radiology Hospital "Umberto I - Lancisi - Salesi", Ancona, Italy. marina.carotti@gmail.com.
Ernesto Di CesareDepartment of Life, Health and Environmental Sciences, University of L'Aquila, L'Aquila, Italy. ernesto.dicesare@univaq.it.
Alessandra SplendianiDepartment of Biotechnology and Applied Clinical Sciences, University of L'Aquila, L'Aquila, Italy. alessandra.splendiani@univaq.it.
Luca BruneseDepartment of Medicine and Health Sciences "V. Tiberio", University of Molise, Campobasso, Italy. lucabrunese@libero.it.
Carlo MasciocchiDepartment of Biotechnology and Applied Clinical Sciences, University of L'Aquila, L'Aquila, Italy. carlo.masciocchi@univaq.it.
Antonio BarileDepartment of Applied Clinical Science and Biotechnology, University of L'Aquila, L'Aquila, Italy. abarile63@gmail.com.
University of L'Aquila · ITUniversity of Molise · ITAOL (United States) · USFondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico · ITOspedali Riuniti Umberto I · ITSan Salvatore Hospital · ITUniversity of Foggia · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Spondylodiscitis (SD) is one of the main causes of back pain. Although the low mortality, high morbidity is related to spondilodiscitys, leading spine instability, chronic pain or neurological deficit. Diagnostic imaging plays a primary role in diagnosing spondylodiscitis. However different accuracy is highlighted by different diagnostic tool, depending also on timing of disease which represents a cardinal element for the phenotypic manifestation of the disease, beyond spatial resolution and tissue characterization proper of specific modality imaging. Conventional Radiology (CR), Computed Tomography (CT) and MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging) all have proven to be of primary importance in the approach to spondylodiscitis, although magnetic resonance imaging has demonstrated the greatest advantage in identifying the disease from its earliest stages, demonstrating high sensitivity and specificity (92% and 96%, respectively). This review focus on the role of different imaging modality in the approach to the spondylodiscitis, also addressing the role of interventional radiology that is pivotal not only for a diagnosis of certainty through biopsy, but also for a minimally-invasive treatment of paravertebral abscesses spondylodiscitis-related.

Indexed as

DiscitisBiopsyHumansMagnetic Resonance ImagingSpineTomography, X-Ray Computed

Identifiers

PMID32945287
PMCPMC7944670
OpenAlexW3087025455

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