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- Title
Treatment of spondylodiscitis.
- Authors
Zarghooni, Kourosh; Röllinghoff, Marc; Sobottke, Rolf; Eysel, Peer
- Abstract
Pyogenic infections of the spine are relatively rare with an incidence between 1:100,000 and 1:250,000 per year, but the incidence is increasing due to increases in average life-expectancy, risk factors, and medical comorbidities. The mean time in hospital varies from 30 to 57 days and the hospital mortality is reported to be 2-17%. This article presents the relevant literature and our experience of conservative and surgical treatment of pyogenic spondylodiscitis.
- Publication
International orthopaedics, 2012, Vol 36, Issue 2, p405
- ISSN
1432-5195
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1007/s00264-011-1425-1