In one man with persistent bacteremia, an initial spine workup missed the infection, but repeat MRI later revealed the source ...

EAST HARTFORD, Conn., Jan. 14, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- icotec is proud to announce that it has received FDA clearance for the use of BlackArmor® implants in the treatment of de novo spinal infections.

A multicentre Italian study of 161 patients with deep infections after spinal implant surgery found that Gram-negative ...

Previous studies on mortality in pyogenic spine infection have provided limited insight into temporal trends. This study aimed to delineate the sequential mortality pattern at fine time intervals and, ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Of 363 patients without early failure, 16.5% had 6 weeks or fewer and 83.5% had more than 6 weeks of antibiotics ...

Infectious spondylitis is an infection of a person’s spine. Although it is a rare condition, it can be serious or life threatening. Causes and risk factors can include surgery, drug use, and other ...

February 18, 2011 (San Diego, California) — An antiinfection strategy involving alcohol foam, a secondary drain, and vancomycin powder can significantly reduce the rate of infections in obese patients ...

Researchers at the University of Tsukuba investigated the mechanism by which posterior spinal fixation, a technique that fixes the infected vertebrae by sandwiching them between normal vertebrae, ...

A retrospective study of 380 lumbar fusion patients finds that first-day postoperative inflammatory markers are driven mainly ...

Newswise — A review of medical literature conducted by researchers at the University of Iowa Hospital and Clinics found that infections following epidural and spinal blocks are rare. Infections ...