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ArticleCureus2021

Secondary Infection/Microbial Substitution in a Managed Case of Pyogenic Spondylitis.

Kengo Fujii, Toru Funayama, Sayori Li, Masashi Yamazaki

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Article in Cureus, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3citing papers in PubMed
0.2field-weighted citation impact, top 46% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 3 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Kengo FujiiOrthopedic Surgery, Showa General Hospital, Kodaira, JPN.
Toru FunayamaOrthopedic Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, JPN.
Sayori LiOrthopedic Surgery, Showa General Hospital, Kodaira, JPN.
Masashi YamazakiOrthopedic Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, JPN.
Showa General Hospital · JP

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Pyogenic spondylitis is a challenging condition that requires early and accurate diagnosis for appropriate treatment. Most cases can be treated non-surgically or with minimally invasive surgical procedures; however, a combination of anterior debridement/bone grafting and posterior fixation is necessary for severe cases. We encountered a case of lumbar pyogenic spondylitis treated with anterior debridement and autogenous bone grafting after percutaneous endoscopic discectomy drainage (PEDD) with percutaneous pedicle screw (PPS) fixation. The continuous pus oozing from the PEDD drainage tube wound was characteristic in this case, and the pus was considered to be caused by secondary infection/microbial substitution. The discharge immediately stopped and healed after anterior debridement and autogenous bone grafting.

Indexed as

anterior debridement fusionpercutaneous endoscopic discectomyposterior percutaneous fixationpyogenic spondylitissecondary infection

Identifiers

PMID34422467
PMCPMC8369970
OpenAlexW3186592606

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