Percutaneous suction and irrigation for the treatment of recalcitrant pyogenic spondylodiscitis.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:The primary management of pyogenic spondylodiscitis is conservative. Once the causative organism has been identified, by blood culture or biopsy, administration of appropriate intravenous antibiotics is started. Occasionally patients do not respond to antibiotics and surgical irrigation and debridement is needed. The treatment of these cases is challenging and controversial. Furthermore, many affected patients have significant comorbidities often precluding more extensive surgical intervention. The aim of this study is to describe early results of a novel, minimally invasive percutaneous technique for disc irrigation and debridement in pyogenic spondylodiscitis. MATERIALS AND METHODS:A series of 10 consecutive patients diagnosed with pyogenic spondylodiscitis received percutaneo

SUBMITTER: Griffith-Jones W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6098991 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature