11 Pediatric Spinal Infections

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10.1055/b-0038-162848 11 Pediatric Spinal InfectionsS. Rajasekaran, Rishi M. Kanna, and Ajoy Prasad Shetty Introduction Infections of the spine are rare in children, and can be classified as acute and chronic…

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14 Human Immunodeficiency Virus and Spinal Infections

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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…

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17 Spinal Infections in Geriatric Patients

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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….

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15 Postoperative Spondylodiskitis

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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….

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13 Minimally Invasive Surgery in Spinal Infections

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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…

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10 Surgical Management of Spinal Tuberculosis

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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…

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6 Pyogenic Spondylodiskitis: Diagnosis and Management

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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…

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9 Drug Therapy for Spinal Tuberculosis

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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,…

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