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ArticleDiagnostics (Basel, Switzerland)2021

Clinical and Radiological Features Predicting Intervertebral Autofusion after Successful Antibiotic Therapy in Pyogenic Vertebral Osteomyelitis.

Insu Seong, Eunjung Kong, Ikchan Jeon

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Article in Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland), 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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3 authors.

Insu SeongDepartment of Neurosurgery, Yeungnam University College of Medicine, Daegu 42415, Korea.
Eunjung KongDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, Yeungnam University College of Medicine, Daegu 42415, Korea.
Ikchan JeonDepartment of Neurosurgery, Yeungnam University College of Medicine, Daegu 42415, Korea.ORCID 0000-0002-1293-2724

Funding

National Research Foundation of Korea NRF-2019M3E5D1A02068142
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundPyogenic vertebral osteomyelitis (PVO) is a bacterial infection involving the intervertebral disc, vertebral body, and paravertebral soft tissues. Damaged intervertebral structure is a major cause of persistent back pain even after successful antibiotic therapy, which can be improved by achieving autofusion or via additional surgical fixation. In this study, we analyzed the clinical and radiological features predicting intervertebral autofusion after successful antibiotic therapy in lumbar PVO.

methodsThis study was retrospectively conducted with 32 patients (20 men and 12 women) diagnosed with lumbar PVO that was completely cured with no recurrences after antibiotic therapy. They were divided into two groups with (group A,

resultsThe mean duration of antibiotic therapy was 41.44 ± 14.21 (21-89) days. Group A showed a statistically higher erythrocyte sedimentation ratio (ESR; 59.28 ± 32.33 vs. 33.93 ± 18.76 mm/h,

conclusionsHigher ESR and SUV

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18F-FDGautofusionosteomyelitispyogenicspine

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PMID34441284
PMCPMC8392685

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