This study was designed to observe the clinical outcome of anterior versus posterior instrumentation in the treatment of Pyogenic vertebral osteomyelitis of the lumbar spine. Twenty-three patients underwent either anterior (anterior fixation group) or posterior fixation (posterior fixation group) combined with a single-stage anterior radical debridement and had an average follow-up of 38 months...

PURPOSE To review and evaluate the management of 14 patients with pyogenic vertebral osteomyelitis at National University Hospital, Singapore between 1998 and 2001. METHODS Demographic pattern, predisposing factors, clinical presentation, co-morbidities, microbiology, treatment, and complications of 14 patients were retrospectively reviewed. RESULTS The mean age at presentation was 62.5 yea...

BACKGROUND The long-term outcome of patients with pyogenic vertebral osteomyelitis (PVO) has not been fully assessed. METHODS We conducted a retrospective cohort study to describe the long-term outcome of PVO and to assess risk factors for treatment failure in patients evaluated at our institution between 1994 and 2002. Patients were observed until July 1, 2013. RESULTS Two hundred sixty pa...

Between 1990 and 1998 we saw 21 children with primary subacute haematogenous osteomyelitis. Pain, swelling and a limp had been present for two to 12 weeks with little functional impairment. Laboratory tests were non-contributory. The lesions were classified radiologically into metaphyseal, diaphyseal, epiphyseal and vertebral. There were 24 sites involved, with most (20) being in the tibia; 17 ...

The present study was performed to find the spectrum of bone diseases in children and to correlate with age, sex, and site of origin. This was a retrospective study and consists of 95 cases of bone biopsies which were diagnosed in the Department of Pathology at the Institute of Child Health and Children’s Hospital, Lahore during a period of six years (Jan 2003-Dec 2008). These biopsies were eva...

P yomyositis is a pyogenic infection of the skeletal muscle that can lead to abscess formation (1,2). It commonly occurs in the tropics, but is also recognized in temperate climates, with HIV infection and diabetes being the main predisposing factors (3,4). The diagnosis of pyomyositis is difficult due to its vague clinical presentation and poor localizing signs. Early in its course, the differ...