The effect of instrumentation staging on patient outcomes in pyogenic vertebral osteomyelitis: A systematic review

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Single- and Multilevel Corpectomy and Vertebral body replacement for treatment of spinal infections. A retrospective single-center study of 100 cases

“…The overall mortality rate (3%) in this cohort study was lower or in line compared to other reports ( Ackshota et al, 2019 ; Shiban et al, 2014 ; Sanda et al, 2021 ; Vettivel et al, 2019 ; Zarghooni et al, 2012 ).…”

“…Surgical debridement aims to decrease the infectious load and therefore may lower the rate of infection recurrence. While other studies show very diverse results concerning relapse rate, the rate of recurrence and relapse in this surgical cohort was 9% ( Shiban et al, 2014 ; Sanda et al, 2021 ).…”

Posterior Decompression and Fusion for Cervical Spondylodiscitis due to Osteoradionecrosis after Head-and-Neck Cancer Radiotherapy: Two Case Reports

“…Both internal fixation and bone fusion are reported to be performed safely in the presence of infection [ 15 ]. Whereas Sanda et al [ 16 ] reported that patients with instrumentation have higher rates of reinfection than those with the surgical treatment but without fixation, indicating there may be an increased risk of reinfection due to bacteria on the instrumentation.…”