AIM Implant-related infections are still a significant problem in spinal surgical procedures. Many drugs and methods have been tried to prevent implant-related infections. Our objective in this study was to evaluate whether royal jelly, which was found to hinder the growth of MRSA, has any preventive role in the prognosis of an infection in rats in an implant-related infection model. MATERIAL...

We report two cases of Serratia marcescens infection at the sites of spinal fractures and emphasise the fact that neurological deterioration soon after spinal fracture may be due to acute vertebral osteomyelitis.

Introduction:
 Spinal epidural abscess is a rare neurosurgical emergency that usually seen invasive interventions to the spinal region, trauma or infection. In our case, anteriorly located abscess, which caused by spontaneous esophageal rupture as complication of radiotherapy, described.
 Case report:
 A 60-year-old female patient was admitted department with complaints confusion...

OBJECT Hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBO) is used as primary and/or adjunctive therapy in the treatment of various clinical conditions complicated by local hypoxia. It may have therapeutic potential in the treatment of neurosurgical infections such as spinal osteomyelitis that are associated with significant morbidity rates. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of HBO therapy in ...

We describe a case of a spinal fusion site infection, which was first suggested on plain radiographs due to interval displacement and partial dissolution of the bone graft material. These radiographic findings occurred 4 weeks before the infection became clinically evident. Cultures taken during eventual surgical debridement grew Aspergillus fumigatus. This case emphasizes the importance of not...

Two cases are reported of patients with spinal dysraphism who developed abscesses within the spinal cord. In one case the infection had spread to the cord through a dermal sinus, as in the six cases previously recorded in the literature. In the other patient the sepsis developed within an intramedullary epidermoid tumour, but the route of infection was not clear. Each patient made a virtually f...

BACKGROUND Postoperative wound infection remains a troublesome but common complication after spinal surgery. This study presents the 6-year experience of our surgical team with post-operative deep wound infection in Taipei Veterans General Hospital. METHODS Of 3230 selected operations, 72 cases of wound infection were identified. Thirty patients with deep wound infection were reviewed, includ...

Abstract Spinal cord injury (SCI) is a devastating condition with 250,000 to 500,000 new cases globally each year. Respiratory infections, e.g., pneumonia and influenza, are the leading cause of death after SCI. For instance, an individual SCI 37 times more likely become infected hospitalized from flu. Yet, field has poor understanding how immune dysfunction arises trauma central nervous system...

T aim of our study is to summarize the clinical features, diagnosis, treatment and management of spinal infections. Spinal infections can be primary, or secondary after spine surgery. Primary spinal infections generally arrive from the genitourinary system, respiratory tract or cutaneous infections. Secondary spinal infections may occur during lumbar puncture, spinal anesthesia, discography, ch...

OBJECTIVE To investigate the therapeutic impact of percutaneous spinal biopsy in patients with suspected spinal infection. DESIGN AND PATIENTS A review of the case notes and imaging features of 36 patients who underwent percutaneous spinal biopsy was performed. From this group 20 patients with a prebiopsy diagnosis of spinal osteomyelitis were identified. Management before biopsy was noted in...