ReviewHeliyon2023
Cervical spine spondylodiscitis: Review of literature on current treatment strategies.
Review in Heliyon, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.
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Who cites it
8 citing papers in PubMed, 15 citations in OpenAlex.
- Operative and antibiotic treatment of cervical spondylodiscitis: a retrospective bicentric outcome analysis.Acta neurochirurgica · 2026Article
- Atypical laryngeal dyspnoea with life-threatening obstruction: a case report.European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery · 2026Article
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- Anterior debridement, reconstruction, and fusion for cervical brucellosis spondylitis with epidural abscess: a single-center experience of 30 patients.European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society · 2025Article
- Cervical Pyogenic Spondylitis: A Comprehensive Review of Diagnosis and Treatment Strategy.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Review
- The Impact of Location on De Novo Spondylodiscitis: Regions Matter but Are Secondary to Comorbidities.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
- Cervical spine infection arising from chronic paronychia: A case report and review of literature.World journal of orthopedics · 2024Article
- Clinical and surgical outcome in patients with cervical spondylodiscitis-a single-center retrospective case series of 24 patients.Frontiers in surgery · 2024Article
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Authors and funding
4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
Infections of the spine are an ever-increasing health concern requiring an often complex and prolonged treatment that can lead to significant morbidity. Of particular interest is the cervical spine where there is an increase rate of post-infectious deformity, secondary neurological deficits and substantially higher rates of associated morbidity and mortality than the thoracic or lumbar spine. In this review, we explore the diagnosis and treatment of spondylodiscitis with particular focus on the cervical spine.
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