Osteomyelitis and Discitis of the Spine: A Guide for the Management of Infectious Etiology of the Vertebral Column and Neurological Components examines these spinal conditions and provides readers with the most appropriate management plans, including surgical treatment together with its indications. This book guides spine neurosurgeons and others when choosing the optimal surgical approach for their patients, shedding light on current advances in surgical techniques used in the management of vertebral osteomyelitis and discitis, particularly minimally invasive spine approaches. With authors representing diverse specialties, chapters reflect current clinical and surgical practice and discuss pathophysiology and pain management and rehabilitation. The book begins with related anatomy and extends to post-management rehabilitation and pain control, including a chapter dedicated to pediatric patients and their differing causative organisms, etiology, diagnostic modalities, and pathophysiology. This reference will provide increased awareness of potential spinal infection, facilitating multidisciplinary management plans, improving patient safety and outcomes, and enabling early intervention alternatives that improve patient outcomes and long-term quality of life.
1. Osteomyelitis and Discitis of the Spine - p. iii 2. Cover - p. iii 3. Title Page - p. iii 4. Copyright Page - p. iv 5. Table of Contents - p. iv 6. Dedication - p. v 7. Contributors - p. xiii 8. Preface - p. xvii 9. Chapter One Overview of spinal anatomy - p. 2 10. Chapter Two Epidemiology, etiology, and pathogenesis - p. 56 11. Chapter Three Clinical, laboratory, and radiological assessment of acute and chronic spinal infections - p. 112 12. Chapter Four Management options: The decision is more important than the incision - p. 136 13. Chapter Five Intraoperative neurophysiologic monitoring—General concepts and special considerations - p. 162 14. Chapter six Surgical approaches I—Cervical spine - p. 182 15. Chapter Seven Surgical approaches II—Thoracolumbar spine - p. 226 16. Chapter Eight Overview of bone graft materials - p. 282 17. Chapter Nine Spinal epidural abscesses - p. 324 18. Chapter Ten Paediatric patients - p. 348 19. Chapter Eleven Tips and tricks for surgical approaches to the infected spine and challenging cases - p. 366 20. Chapter TWELVE Outcomes, complications, and prognosis - p. 406 21. Chapter Thirteen Pain management and rehabilitation - p. 430 22. Chapter Fourteen Fragile fortunes: Optimizing outcomes by identifying high-risk neurosurgical patients through frailty-based risk assessment - p. 444 23. Index - p. 465
Osteomyelitis and Discitis of the Spine: A Guide for the Management of Infectious Etiology of the Vertebral Column and Neurological Components examines these spinal conditions and provides readers with the most appropriate management plans, including surgical treatment together with its indications. This book guides spine neurosurgeons and others when choosing the optimal surgical approach for their patients, shedding light on current advances in surgical techniques used in the management of vertebral osteomyelitis and discitis, particularly minimally invasive spine approaches. With authors representing diverse specialties, chapters reflect current clinical and surgical practice and discuss pathophysiology and pain management and rehabilitation. The book begins with related anatomy and extends to post-management rehabilitation and pain control, including a chapter dedicated to pediatric patients and their differing causative organisms, etiology, diagnostic modalities, and pathophysiology. This reference will provide increased awareness of potential spinal infection, facilitating multidisciplinary management plans, improving patient safety and outcomes, and enabling early intervention alternatives that improve patient outcomes and long-term quality of life.
1. Osteomyelitis and Discitis of the Spine - p. iii 2. Cover - p. iii 3. Title Page - p. iii 4. Copyright Page - p. iv 5. Table of Contents - p. iv 6. Dedication - p. v 7. Contributors - p. xiii 8. Preface - p. xvii 9. Chapter One Overview of spinal anatomy - p. 2 10. Chapter Two Epidemiology, etiology, and pathogenesis - p. 56 11. Chapter Three Clinical, laboratory, and radiological assessment of acute and chronic spinal infections - p. 112 12. Chapter Four Management options: The decision is more important than the incision - p. 136 13. Chapter Five Intraoperative neurophysiologic monitoring—General concepts and special considerations - p. 162 14. Chapter six Surgical approaches I—Cervical spine - p. 182 15. Chapter Seven Surgical approaches II—Thoracolumbar spine - p. 226 16. Chapter Eight Overview of bone graft materials - p. 282 17. Chapter Nine Spinal epidural abscesses - p. 324 18. Chapter Ten Paediatric patients - p. 348 19. Chapter Eleven Tips and tricks for surgical approaches to the infected spine and challenging cases - p. 366 20. Chapter TWELVE Outcomes, complications, and prognosis - p. 406 21. Chapter Thirteen Pain management and rehabilitation - p. 430 22. Chapter Fourteen Fragile fortunes: Optimizing outcomes by identifying high-risk neurosurgical patients through frailty-based risk assessment - p. 444 23. Index - p. 465
