Next Standard in Management of Thoracic and Lumbar Spinal Infections: Single-Stage Posterior Circumspinal Debridment and Reconstruction.
Osteomylitis of the spine is an inflammatory destruction of at least one spinal unit, initially caused by bacteria settling in capillaries of the vertebral end plate. In patients with major bone destruction, neurological impairment, antibiotic resistant sepsis, or recurrence of infection and pain, an operation with anterior debridment and fusion by using autografts is an accepted way of treatment with ... Read more