Surgical treatment for delayed pyogenic spondylitis after percutaneous vertebroplasty and kyphoplasty: Report of 4 cases

Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 265-272

  Shin, Jae Hyuk ^a   Ha, Kee Yong ^b   Kim, Ki Won ^b   Lee, Jun Seok ^c   Joo, Min Wook ^b  

^a Hallym University   (South Korea)

^b The Catholic University of Korea   (South Korea)

^c Dongshin General Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Delayed spondylitis; Kyphoplasty; Vertebroplasty

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; DEBRIDEMENT; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; FRAGILITY FRACTURE; HUMAN; IMMUNITY; KYPHOPLASTY; LABORATORY TEST; METASTASIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT INFORMATION; PERCUTANEOUS VERTEBROPLASTY; PLASTIC SURGERY; PYOGENIC BACTERIUM; PYOGENIC SPONDYLITIS; SPONDYLITIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; IMMUNOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGIC FRACTURE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; REVIEW; SPINE FUSION; SUPPURATION;

AGED; COMORBIDITY; DEBRIDEMENT; FEMALE; FRACTURES, SPONTANEOUS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SPINAL FUSION; SPONDYLITIS; SUPPURATION; VERTEBROPLASTY;

EID: 55249104728     PISSN: 15475654     EISSN: 15475646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/SPI/2008/9/9/265     Document Type: Article

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