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PYOGENIC VERTEBRAL OSTEOMYELITIS

  • A. Koç
  • M. F. Akyıldız
  • İ. Cever

J Turk Spinal Surg 1990;1(2):103-105

In adults, osteomyelitis involve the axial skeleton more commonly than the long bones of the appendicular skeleton. In children it has seen reversly. Vertebral pyogenic osteomyelitis is uncommon althoug it has seen at the same ratio with that of Mall de Pott. Because, the latter usually tends to chronic manner, the first may resolve spontaneously. Garcia and Grantham have reported only 40 cases in twentyfive years from a large madical center. The others have reported the frequency of vertebral involment if non - spesific vertebral osteomyelit, to be 2 - 4 % of all patients with pyogeniq osteomyelit. In the following article a brief rewiew of pathogenesis diagnosis and the treatment of non - spesific (pyogenic) vertebral osteomyelitis. Depending on the classical knowledges few cases of vertebral osteomyelitis are illustrated and reported that, the disease does not tend to improve chronically but could be treated with simple surgical drainage and antibiotic therapy combined with immobilization.