Lumbar fusion often remains the last treatment option for various acute and chronic spinal
conditions, including infectious and degenerative diseases. Placement of a cage in the …

Despite increased life expectancy due to health care quality improvements globally,
pyogenic vertebral osteomyelitis (PVO) treatment with a spinal epidural abscess (SEA) …

OBJECTIVE De novo infections of the spine are an increasing healthcare problem. The
decision for nonsurgical or surgical treatment is often made case by case on the basis of …

Background Recently, the incidence of pyogenic vertebral osteomyelitis with spinal epidural
abscess (SEA) has increased. However, the most appropriate surgical management …

Objectives Primary objectives were outcomes comparison of instrumented surgery used for
de-novo spinal infections in terms of infection recurrence, reoperations, primary failure …

Conclusions We present a case of EO of the spine and concomitant emphysematous cystitis
with Klebsiella pneumoniae and a case-based review of the literature. Appropriate work up …

OBJECTIVE Treatment of primary spinal infection includes medical management with or
without surgical intervention. The objective of this study was to identify risk factors for the …

Background Computer-assisted neuronavigation (CAN) during spine fusions has
increasingly been utilized in the United States. The aim of this study was to analyze the …

Background Despite the high incidence of spinal infections that require an operation, there
is no consensus on the most appropriate initial surgical management for these patients …

Background Minimally invasive transforaminal lumbar interbody debridement and fusion
(MiTLIDF) with percutaneous pedicle screw instrumentation (PSI) is a less invasive …