Skipping Pedicle Screw Insertion Into Infected Vertebra is a Risk Factor for Revision Surgery for Pyogenic Spondylitis in the Lower Thoracic and Lumbar Spine

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Images of a representative case of Group Skipping. T1-weited magnetic resonance imaging, computed tomography, postoperative x ray, and follow-up x ray. A 75-year-old male patient with L3–4 pyogenic spondylitis undergoing finally L2–iliac fixation 6 months after 2-staged L2–L5 fixation with skipping L3.
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Images of a representative case of Group All. T2-weited magnetic resonance imaging, computed tomography, postoperative x ray, and follow-up x ray. An 80-year-old male patient with L2–3 pyogenic spondylitis with abscess undergoing 2-staged L1–S fixation with interbody fusion.