10.1055/b-0038-162851 14 Human Immunodeficiency Virus and Spinal InfectionsRobert Dunn Introduction The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) has had a dramatic effect on the incidence and effect of spondylodiskitis. By the end…
10.1055/b-0038-162854 17 Spinal Infections in Geriatric PatientsYoshiharu Kawaguchi Introduction The spine is a common site of musculoskeletal infections. Spinal infection encompasses pyogenic spondylodiskitis, vertebral osteomyelitis, epidural abscess, and iliopsoas abscess….
10.1055/b-0038-162852 15 Postoperative SpondylodiskitisMayan Lendner, Jeffrey Green, Kris E. Radcliff, Joseph S. Butler, Hamadi Murphy, and Alexander R. Vaccaro Introduction Postoperative spondylodiskitis (POSD) is an uncommon, yet significant postoperative complication….
10.1055/b-0038-162849 12 Infectious Lesions in the Craniovertebral Junction (Suboccipital Region)Alexander Yu. Mushkin and Alexander V. Gubin Introduction The term suboccipital region is used to denote the area formed by the…
10.1055/b-0038-162850 13 Minimally Invasive Surgery in Spinal InfectionsMoritz Perrech and Roger Hartl Introduction Minimally invasive surgery (MIS) of spinal disorders consists of procedures that aim at reducing the extent of…
10.1055/b-0038-162847 10 Surgical Management of Spinal TuberculosisAjoy Prasad Shetty, Rishi M. Kanna, and S. Rajasekaran Introduction Early diagnosis along with effective multidrug antituberculous chemotherapy has revolutionized the treatment of spinal…
10.1055/b-0038-162843 6 Pyogenic Spondylodiskitis: Diagnosis and ManagementJoost P.H.J. Rutges, Diederik Hendrik Ruth Kempen, and F. Cumhur Oner Introduction The incidence of pyogenic spondylodiskitis has increased in recent decades. Whereas tuberculosis…
10.1055/b-0038-162845 8 Spinal Tuberculosis: Pathogenesis, Clinical Features, and InvestigationsRishi M. Kanna, Ajoy Prasad Shetty, and S. Rajasekaran Introduction Chronic infections of the vertebral column are usually granulomatous and are caused…
10.1055/b-0038-162846 9 Drug Therapy for Spinal TuberculosisMathew Varghese Introduction Tubercular infection of the spine is an infection of the vertebral elements by Mycobacterium tuberculosis or its variants. Like all infections,…
10.1055/b-0038-162844 7 Spinal Epidural AbscessFrank Kandziora, Klaus John Schnake, and Christoph-H. Hoffmann Introduction Since its first description in G.B. Morgagni´s landmark work De sedibus et causis morborum per anatomen indigatis…
