Open AccessTranspedicular curettage and drainage versus combined anterior and posterior surgery in infectious spondylodiscitis
Author(s) -
Byung Ho Lee,
Jin Oh Park,
Hak-Sun Kim,
Hwan Mo Lee,
Byung Woo Cho,
Seong Hwan Moon
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
indian journal of orthopaedics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.434
H-Index - 33
eISSN - 1998-3727
pISSN - 0019-5413
DOI - 10.4103/0019-5413.125508
Subject(s) - medicine , curettage , surgery , spondylodiscitis
Hematogeneous infectious spondylodiscitis usually occurs in older immunocompromised patients with other comorbidities. They are usually unable to undergo reconstructive anterior and posterior surgeries. Therefore, an alternative, less aggressive surgical method of transpedicular curettage and drainage was suggested. This study was designed to compare the surgical outcomes for the treatment of hematogeneous infectious spondylodiscitis between transpedicular curettage and drainage technique and conventional combined anterior and posterior surgery.