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:10.3390/jcm11216488

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

J Clin Med. 2022 Nov 1;11(21):6488. doi: 10.3390/jcm11216488.

Affiliations

¹ Departments of Orthopedic and Neurological Surgery, NYU Langone Health/New York Spine Institute, New York, NY 10016, USA.
² Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.

Abstract

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 [...].

Keywords: adult spinal deformity; osteomyelitis; vertebral osteomyelitis.

Grants and funding

This research received no external funding.