Evidence map›Paper›PMID 36118384›Full record

ArticleIndian journal of surgical oncology2017

Spondylodiscitis Associated with Major Abdominal Surgical Intervention: Challenging Diagnostic and Therapeutic Modalities.

Aikaterini Mastoraki, Sotiria Mastoraki, Ioannis S Papanikolaou, Maria Tsikala-Vafea, Vasiliki Tsigou, Andreas Lazaris, Nikolaos Arkadopoulos

Open access · greenAbstract read
PubMed Full text at PMC Publisher
In one paragraph

Article in Indian journal of surgical oncology, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
0citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact, top 97% 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

0 citing papers in PubMed, 1 citations in OpenAlex.

No citing paper in PubMed yet.

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

7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Aikaterini Mastoraki4th Department of Surgery, Athens University, Medical School, ATTIKON University Hospital, 1 Rimini str, 12462 Chaidari, Athens Greece.
Sotiria MastorakiVascular Unit, 3rd Department of Surgery, Athens University, Medical School, ATTIKON University Hospital, 1 Rimini str, 12462 Chaidari, Athens Greece.
Ioannis S Papanikolaou4th Department of Surgery, Athens University, Medical School, ATTIKON University Hospital, 1 Rimini str, 12462 Chaidari, Athens Greece.
Maria Tsikala-Vafea4th Department of Surgery, Athens University, Medical School, ATTIKON University Hospital, 1 Rimini str, 12462 Chaidari, Athens Greece.
Vasiliki Tsigou4th Department of Surgery, Athens University, Medical School, ATTIKON University Hospital, 1 Rimini str, 12462 Chaidari, Athens Greece.
Andreas LazarisVascular Unit, 3rd Department of Surgery, Athens University, Medical School, ATTIKON University Hospital, 1 Rimini str, 12462 Chaidari, Athens Greece.
Nikolaos Arkadopoulos4th Department of Surgery, Athens University, Medical School, ATTIKON University Hospital, 1 Rimini str, 12462 Chaidari, Athens Greece.
University General Hospital Attikon · GR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Post-operative spondylodiscitis (PS) is a relatively rare infectious disease, with incidence varying from 0.21-3.6% in association with all surgical procedures. The entity appears insidiously, with non-specific symptoms such as neck or back pain, fever, muscle contractures, limited range of spinal motion, sciatica and neurological symptoms. C-reactive protein (CRP) remains the most reliable laboratory finding, while magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has proven to be the most effective method for demonstrating the site of the infection. Treatment consists of immobilization along with antimicrobial therapy. The aim of this investigation was to analyse two isolated cases of PS presented in our institution. Into this retrospective survey were consecutively enrolled one patient with PS after complete common bile duct (CBD) obstruction and subsequent endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) and Whipple operation along with one case of PS in a patient with vascular graft placement for therapeutic approach of an aortoenteric fistula as a consequence of an abdominal aorta pseudoaneurysm. PS is mainly associated with major surgical procedures and possesses a mortality rate of 11%. The most common etiological factor is

Indexed as

Diagnostic approachPostoperative spondylodiscitisSurgical proceduresTherapeutic modalities

Identifiers

PMID36118384
PMCPMC9478083
OpenAlexW2594091046

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.