Evaluation of the SISS score: Correlation of clinical outcomes and radiological progression in spinal pyogenic infection

• J. Neuhoff,
• A. Kramer,
• S.G. Thavarajasingam,
• R. Sutherland,
• H. Mccaughan,
• E. Shiban,
• F. Kandziora,
• B. Davies,
• A. Demetriades,
• F. Ringel

Affiliations

J. Neuhoff

Center for Spinal Surgery and Neurotraumatology, BG Unfallklinik Frankfurt am Main, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

A. Kramer

Department of Neurosurgery, Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz, Mainz, Germany

S.G. Thavarajasingam

Department of Neurosurgery, University Medical Center Mainz, Mainz, Germany

R. Sutherland

Department of Infectious Diseases, Western General Hospital Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

H. Mccaughan

Department of Infectious Diseases, Western General Hospital Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

E. Shiban

Neurosurgery, University Hospital Augsburg, Augsburg, Germany

F. Kandziora

Center for Spinal Surgery and Neurotraumatology, BG Unfallklinik Frankfurt am Main, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

B. Davies

Neurosurgery, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom

A. Demetriades

Department of Neurosurgery, Division of Clinical Neurosciences, Lothian NHS Board, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

F. Ringel

Department of Neurosurgery, Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz, Mainz, Germany