SynthesisEuropean spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society2023
Patient characteristics, surgical treatment, and outcomes in spinal gout: a systematic review of 315 cases.
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- Case Report: Clinical characteristics and management strategies of intraspinal tophaceous gout: a case series and literature review.Frontiers in medicine · 2026Article
- Circumferential minimally invasive reconstruction for lumbar destructive deformity secondary to spinal gout: a case report.Frontiers in surgery · 2026Article
- Diagnostic challenges of spinal gout: patient series.Journal of neurosurgery. Case lessons · 2025Article
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- Endoscopic management of lumbar spinal tophaceous gout: six cases treated with percutaneous transforaminal (PTED) and interlaminar (PIED) discectomy and a literature review.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 · 2025Review
- Case Report: Intradural gout tophi without systemic gout symptoms.Frontiers in surgery · 2025Article
- Gouty tophi in the thoracic spinal canal with incomplete paraplegia: a case report.Frontiers in surgery · 2025Article
- The utility of disc space and vertebral body specimens cell count differential for the diagnosis of native vertebral osteomyelitis: a prospective cohort study.European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology · 2024Article
- Tophaceous Gout in the Axial Skeleton: An Unusual Case with Key Imaging Characteristics.Kansas journal of medicineArticle
- Understanding spinal gout: A comprehensive study of 88 cases and their clinical implications.Journal of craniovertebral junction & spineReview
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2 authors at 2 institutions in 3 countries.
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Abstract
purposeTo systematically investigate all published literature on spinal gout regarding location demographics, patient characteristics, treatment, and outcomes.
methodsWe performed a systematic literature search of Medline and EMBASE from inception until April 15, 2023. Two investigators performed data extraction and quality assessment of location demographics and patient characteristics and outcomes of all article types describing spinal gout.
resultsA total of 214 articles (204 case reports and 10 case series) were included, encompassing 315 subjects with spinal gout (81% male, mean age 58.1 years; range: 16-92). Most cases (36%) were between the age of 60-69 years. We observed an increase in publications and cases from 1950 to the present. Most patients were from institutions in Asia (n = 119, 37.8%) and North America (n = 96, 30.5%). Reported symptoms frequently included back pain (75%), radiating pain to extremities (27.3%), and weakness in the extremities (26.3%). The lumbar spine was most often affected. Pharmacological treatment was described for 108 (34.2%) patients. Surgery was performed for 146 (46.3%) of patients, of which 4.8% had postoperative complications. Three patients (2%) required secondary surgery for recurrence.
conclusionPublished cases of spinal gout have increased over the last decades. Patient characteristics of spinal gout were similar to findings in systemic gout. Trends identified in patient characteristics and treatment outcomes may help guide patient management and improve our understanding of spinal gout.
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