Background A recent population-based study from Denmark showed that the incidence of
spondylodiscitis rose from 2.2 to 5.8 per 100 000 persons per year over the period 1995 …

BACKGROUND: Image-guided biopsy is routinely conducted in patients with suspected
discitis, though the sensitivity reported in the literature ranges widely. PURPOSE: We …

Purpose Diagnosis of spondylodiscitis (SD) may be challenging due to the nonspecific
clinical and laboratory findings and the need to perform various diagnostic tests including …

These guidelines are an update of those made in 2007 at the request of the French Society
of Infectious Diseases (SPILF, Société de Pathologie Infectieuse de Langue Française) …

Infection is a dire complication afflicting every field of orthopaedics and traumatology. If
specific clinical, laboratory and imaging parameters are present, infection is often assumed …

Purpose In suspected spondylodiscitis and vertebral osteomyelitis, computed tomography
(CT)-guided biopsies are often performed to determine a causative organism and guide …

METHODS: A retrospective review of cases of AHO was performed from 2011 to 2014.
Patients with chronic disease, orthopedic hardware, puncture wounds, or an infected …

Background The diagnostic value of computed tomography (CT)-guided spinal biopsy in
patients with suspected spondylodiscitis is reported inconsistently in the literature. Our aim …

Vertebral discitis-osteomyelitis is an infection of the intervertebral disk and vertebral bodies
that may extend to adjacent paraspinal and epidural soft tissues. Its incidence is increasing …

CT-guided percutaneous needle biopsy of the spine is a well-described technique for
determining the nature of indeterminate vertebral lesions or establishing a diagnosis of …