Time to Reconsider Routine Percutaneous Biopsy in Spondylodiscitis? [SPINE]

SUMMARY:
Percutaneous image-guided biopsy currently has a central role in the diagnostic work-up of patients with suspected spondylodiscitis. However, on the basis of recent evidence, the value of routine image-guided biopsy in this disease can be challenged. In this article, we discuss this recent evidence and also share a new diagnostic algorithm for spondylodiscitis that was recently introduced at our institution. Thus, we may move from a rather dogmatic approach in which routine image-guided biopsy is performed in any case to a more individualized use of this procedure.

Source: American Journal of Neuroradiology - April 12, 2021 Category: Radiology Authors: Kasalak, O., Wouthuyzen-Bakker, M., Dierckx, R. A. J. O., Jutte, P. C., Kwee, T. C. Tags: SPINE Source Type: research