High Prevalence of Multifocal Spine Infections Involving the Cervical and Thoracic Regions: A Case for Imaging the Entire Spine

High Prevalence of Multifocal Spine Infections Involving the Cervical and Thoracic Regions: A Case for Imaging the Entire Spine

Objective Pyogenic spinal infections account for 2%–4% of orthopaedic infections. They are often difficult to diagnose, resulting in a delay in diagnosis. Risk factors for orthopaedic and spinal infection are well-documented in the literature, yet there is a paucity of studies examining risk factors...

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Main Authors: Christian Balcescu, Khalid Odeh, Alexander Rosinski, Jonathan Wang, Priya Prasad, Jeremi Leasure, Victor Ungurean Jr., Dimitriy Kondrashov
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Korean Spinal Neurosurgery Society 2019-12-01
Series:Neurospine
Subjects:
spinal infection
multifocal infection
unifocal infection
abscess
osteomyelitis
Online Access:http://www.e-neurospine.org/upload/pdf/ns-1836296-148.pdf

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