Journal of Clinical Medicine (Nov 2022)

Assessing the Effects of Prior History of Vertebral Osteomyelitis on Peri-Operative Factors and Post-Operative Recovery in Adult Spinal Deformity Patients

  • Peter S. Tretiakov,
  • Rachel Joujon-Roche,
  • Tyler Williamson,
  • Bailey Imbo,
  • Claudia Bennett-Caso,
  • Pooja Dave,
  • Kimberly McFarland,
  • Jamshaid Mir,
  • Michael Dinizo,
  • Andrew J. Schoenfeld,
  • Peter G. Passias

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm11216488
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 21
p. 6488

Abstract

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Vertebral osteomyelitis (VOM), which includes the clinical entities of spinal osteomyelitis, spondylodiscitis, or pyogenic spondylitis, describes a complex inflammatory reaction within the vertebral column in the setting of microbial infection [...]

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