There is no difference in perioperative results between posterior instrumentation with and without interbody cage and debridement in primary spondylodiscitis in adults. A multicenter surveillance study from the German Spine Registry (DWG-Register).

CONCLUSIONS: The results suggest interbody cage, bony attachment and debridement as not indispensable for treatment in primary spondylodiscitis. Therefore, we encourage the use of posterior stabilization alone in the treatment of spondylodiscitis as less invasive procedure reducing costs in instrumentation. PMID: 32909418 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Journal of Neurosurgical Sciences - Category: Neurosurgery Tags: J Neurosurg Sci Source Type: research