Antibiotic-impregnated polymethylmethacrylate strut graft as a treatment of spinal osteomyelitis: case series and description of novel technique

Keyphrases

• Antibiotics 100%
• Novel Technique 100%
• Antibiotic-impregnated 100%
• Poly(methyl methacrylate) 100%
• Strut Graft 100%
• Spinal Osteomyelitis 100%
• Spinal Discitis 30%
• Allograft 20%
• Surgical Technique 20%
• Spine 20%
• Operating Room 20%
• Osteomyelitis 20%
• Discitis 20%
• Return to Operating Room 20%
• Bony Destruction 20%
• Methicillin-resistant S. Aureus 10%
• Vancomycin 10%
• Lost to Follow-up 10%
• Surgical Treatment 10%
• Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus Aureus 10%
• Tobramycin 10%
• Lumbosacral 10%
• Reimplantation 10%
• Single Institution 10%
• Clinical Entities 10%
• Catabolic 10%
• Severe Infection 10%
• Treatment Failure 10%
• Disease Burden 10%
• Patient Condition 10%
• Debridement 10%
• Recurrent Infection 10%
• Wound Complications 10%
• Common Infections 10%
• Orthopedic Surgery 10%
• Surgically Treated 10%
• Spine Hardware 10%
• Retrospective Cohort 10%
• Graft Insertion 10%
• Spinal Fusion 10%
• Nidus 10%
• Discectomy 10%
• Active Infection 10%
• Graft Removal 10%
• Spinal Deformity 10%
• Cervical Infection 10%
• Corpectomy 10%
• Spinal Instability 10%
• Titanium Cage 10%
• Fusion Surgery 10%
• Novel Surgical Technique 10%
• Anterior Column Support 10%
• Unplanned Return 10%
• Thoracic Infection 10%
• Bony Endplate 10%
• PMMA Spacer 10%

Medicine and Dentistry

• Osteomyelitis 100%
• Poly(methyl Methacrylate) 100%
• Infection 90%
• Diskitis 50%
• Operating Room 40%
• Surgical Technique 30%
• Allograft 20%
• Recurrent Disease 10%
• Antibiotics 10%
• Staphylococcus aureus 10%
• Methicillin Susceptible Staphylococcus Aureus 10%
• Meticillin 10%
• Implant 10%
• Discectomy 10%
• Disease Burden 10%
• Debridement 10%
• Vancomycin 10%
• Wound Complication 10%
• Orthopedic Surgery 10%
• Recurrent Infection 10%
• Tobramycin 10%
• Spinal Fusion 10%
• Spine Malformation 10%
• Corpectomy 10%
• Chest Infection 10%