Objective: Studies have shown that postoperative dexamethasone administration in patients whom posterior spinal surgical interventions been carried out reduces the pain and decreases analgesia requirement. Our study aimed to find whether use of steroids had undergone procedures led an increased incidence wound infections.
 Materials Methods: The medical data 52 performed were retrospective...

BACKGROUND The goal of this editorial and literature review is to define the term "minimally invasive surgery" (MIS) as it relates to the spine and characterize methods of measuring parameters of a spine MIS technique. METHODS This report is an analysis of 105,845 cases of spinal surgery in unmatched series and 95,161 cases in paired series of open compared with MIS procedures performed by th...

THIS contribution consists in a review of work done during the severe epidemic of cerebro-spinal meningitis which occurred in Belfast during 1907 and 1908, together with some additional observations that have been made in France during the Great War and also during the present year in Belfast. During 1907 and 1908 we devised an application of Sir A. E. Wright's opsonic technique for the laborat...

PURPOSE Our purpose was to describe the MR findings and evolution of spinal cord abscess and to define those MR features that allow differentiation of cord infection from other intramedullary abnormalities. METHODS We retrospectively reviewed the MR studies of all patients in whom intramedullary spinal cord abscess was proved either by blood or cerebrospinal fluid culture or by serologic exam...

Background: Tuberculosis is the second most common fatal infectious disease after Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) in the world. The spine is involved in 50% of osteoarticular tuberculosis cases. Tuberculous Spondylitis (TS) is the most dangerous form of osteoarticular tuberculosis, because of its ability to destroy the vertebral body with subsequent permanent kyphosis and neurological...

Enterovirus D68 (EV-D68) caused a large outbreak in the summer and fall of 2014 in the United States. It causes serious respiratory disease, but causation of associated paralysis is controversial, because the virus is not routinely identified in cerebrospinal fluid. To establish clinical correlates with human disease, we evaluated EV-D68 infection in non-lethal paralysis mouse models. Ten-day-o...

BACKGROUND There are few reports regarding surgical management of multilevel cervical spinal stenosis with spinal cord injury. Our purpose is to evaluate the safety and feasibility of open-door expansive laminoplasty in combination with transpedicular screw fixation for the treatment of multilevel cervical spinal stenosis and spinal cord injury in the trauma population. METHODS This was a ret...

STUDY DESIGN A retrospective study. OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to identify the rates and reasons, and the risk factors for unplanned reoperation of lumbar spinal surgery during the primary admission in terms of a multicenter and a large patient population study. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA Unplanned reoperation is suggested to be a useful quality indicator for spinal surgery. Ho...

STUDY DESIGN A retrospective review (phase 1) and prospective clinical study (phase 2). OBJECTIVES To identify independent risk factors for surgical site infection (SSI) and to evaluate the positive effect of prostaglandin E1 (PGE1) to decrease the risk of SSI in patients with spinal metastasis. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA Surgery for spinal metastasis is associated with an increased risk of...

STUDY DESIGN A retrospective clinical review. PURPOSE To investigate the difference in clinical manifestations and severity between polymicrobial and monomicrobial infections after spinal surgery. OVERVIEW OF LITERATURE Surgical site infections (SSIs) after spinal surgery are a major diagnostic and therapeutic challenge for spinal surgeons. Polymicrobial infections after spinal surgery seem...