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Management of Pyogenic Spondylodiscitis Following Nonspinal Surgeries: A Tertiary Care Center Experience

Ghazwan A. Hasan, Hayder Q. Raheem, Ahmed Qutub, Yasameen Bani Wais, Mustafa Hayder Katran and Gautam M. Shetty
International Journal of Spine Surgery June 2021, 15 (3) 591-599; DOI: https://doi.org/10.14444/8080

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    Example of grade I pyogenic spondylodiscitis (PS) at C3 to C4 level (arrow) on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI; left), grade II PS at L4 to L5 level (arrow) on MRI (center), and grade III PS at L3 to L4 level (arrow) on computed tomography scan (right).

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    Preoperative cervical spine magnetic resonance image of a patient with grade III pyogenic spondylodiscitis at the C4 to C6 levels (left) and cervical spine lateral radiograph of the same patient at 12 months after anterior cervical corpectomy and fusion surgery (right).

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    Mean Core Outcome Measure Index (COMI) scores at 6 weeks, 3 months, 6 months, and 12 months after treatment.

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    Mean erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) and C-reactive protein (CRP) levels at 6 weeks, 3 months, 6 months, and 12 months after treatment.

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Management of Pyogenic Spondylodiscitis Following Nonspinal Surgeries: A Tertiary Care Center Experience
Ghazwan A. Hasan, Hayder Q. Raheem, Ahmed Qutub, Yasameen Bani Wais, Mustafa Hayder Katran, Gautam M. Shetty
International Journal of Spine Surgery Jun 2021, 15 (3) 591-599; DOI: 10.14444/8080
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