[PDF][PDF] General principles in the medical and surgical management of spinal infections: a multidisciplinary approach

A Quiñones-Hinojosa, P Jun, R Jacobs, WS Rosenberg… - Neurosurg focus, 2004 - Citeseer
Object. Infections along the spinal axis are characterized by an insidious onset, and the
resulting delays in diagnosis are associated with serious neurological consequences and …

Imaging of pyogenic infectious spondylodiskitis

R Varma, P Lander, A Assaf - Radiologic clinics of north America, 2001 - Elsevier
Pyogenic infectious spondylodiskitis is an inflammatory process involving the disk and
adjacent vertebrae. It may also extend into the epidural space and the paravertebral soft …

[HTML][HTML] Infections of the spinal column–spondylodiscitis

N Sans, M Faruch, F Lapègue, A Ponsot… - Diagnostic and …, 2012 - Elsevier
Infectious spondylodiscitis is an infection of the intervertebral disc and the adjacent vertebral
bodies due to the introduction of a pyogen, usually by the haematogenous route. Plain film …

Anatomic basis for the pathogenesis and radiologic features of vertebral osteomyelitis and its differentiation from childhood discitis: a microarteriographic investigation

JF Ratcliffe - Acta Radiologica. Diagnosis, 1985 - journals.sagepub.com
Microarteriography has demonstrated the anatomy which explains the pathogenesis and
radiologic features of adult vertebral osteomyelitis and of childhood discitis. Infarction is …

Clinical assessment and medical treatment of spine infections

S Tsiodras, ME Falagas - Clinical Orthopaedics and Related …, 2006 - journals.lww.com
Spinal infections affect the vertebral bodies, the intervertebral disks, the spinal canal, and
the paravertebral soft tissues and structures. A delay in diagnosis can result in spine …

Vertebral osteomyelitis due to salmonellae: report of two cases and review

EM Santos, FL Sapico - Clinical Infectious Diseases, 1998 - academic.oup.com
We describe two patients with salmonella vertebral osteomyelitis (SVO) and review 44 cases
in the English-language literature. There was male predominance (distribution, 1.7: 1) …

Imaging psoas sign in lumbar spinal infections: evaluation of diagnostic accuracy and comparison with established imaging characteristics

LN Ledbetter, KL Salzman… - American journal of …, 2016 - Am Soc Neuroradiology
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Lumbar discitis-osteomyelitis has imaging characteristics
than can overlap with noninfectious causes of back pain. Our aim was to determine the …

Spinal and spinal cord infection

DL Balériaux, C Neugroschl - European Radiology Supplements, 2004 - Springer
This review article includes infections of the vertebral body, intervertebral disc, ligaments
and paravertebral soft tissues, epidural space, meninges and subarachnoid space, and the …

Postoperative discitis: Diagnosis and management

BE Dall, DE ROWE, WG ODETTE… - … and Related Research®, 1987 - journals.lww.com
Postoperative discitis (POD) continues to be a diagnostic challenge and its management
remains variable. This article raises the following questions and presents new observations …

Computed tomography of the postoperative intervertebral disc and lumbar spinal canal: investigation of twenty-five patients after successful operation for lumbar disc …

S Montaldi, H Fankhauser, P Schnyder… - Neurosurgery, 1988 - journals.lww.com
Twenty-five patients with good outcome after operation for lumbar disc herniation underwent
unenhanced computed tomography (CT) and plain radiography of the lumbar spine before …