Minimally invasive surgery for the treatment of thoraco lumbar pyogenic spondylodiscitis: indications and outcomes.

CONCLUSIONS: The role of minimally invasive surgery in the treatment of PS is rapidly expanding. Reducing surgery-related morbidity in these frail patients is possible and often necessary. However, while more and more new techniques are being proposed, still few clinical data are available. Clinical comparison studies with open traditional surgery should be encouraged, and more attention should be paid to long-term outcomes. For the present, the indications for minimally invasive procedures should, therefore, be evaluated on a case by case basis and on clinical and radiological findings. PMID: 30977876 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Pharmacological Reviews - Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Authors: Tags: Eur Rev Med Pharmacol Sci Source Type: research