Spinal epidural abscess: diagnosis, management, and outcomes

JH Schwab, AA Shah - JAAOS-Journal of the American Academy …, 2020 - journals.lww.com
An infection of the spinal epidural space, spinal epidural abscess (SEA) is a potentially
devastating entity that is rising in incidence. Its insidious presentation, variable progression …

[HTML][HTML] Spinal epidural abscess: a review of presentation, management, and medicolegal implications

ZT Sharfman, Y Gelfand, P Shah, AJ Holtzman… - Asian Spine …, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Spinal epidural abscess (SEA) is a rare condition associated with significant morbidity and
mortality. Despite advances in diagnostic medicine, early recognition of SEAs remains …

Development of machine learning algorithms for prediction of mortality in spinal epidural abscess

AV Karhade, AA Shah, CM Bono, ML Ferrone… - The Spine Journal, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract Background Context In-hospital and short-term mortality in patients with spinal
epidural abscess (SEA) remains unacceptably high despite diagnostic and therapeutic …

High risk and low prevalence diseases: spinal epidural abscess

B Long, J Carlson, T Montrief, A Koyfman - The American journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Introduction Spinal epidural abscess (SEA) is a rare but serious condition that carries with it
a high rate of morbidity and mortality. Objective This review highlights the pearls and pitfalls …

[HTML][HTML] Spinal epidural abscess

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[HTML][HTML] Decompression only versus fusion in octogenarians with spinal epidural abscesses: early complications, clinical and radiological outcome with 2-year follow …

P Lenga, G Gülec, AA Bajwa, M Issa, RJ Oskouian… - Neurosurgical …, 2022 - Springer
Despite increased life expectancy due to health care quality improvements globally,
pyogenic vertebral osteomyelitis (PVO) treatment with a spinal epidural abscess (SEA) …

Symptomatic epidural hematoma after elective cervical spine surgery: incidence, timing, risk factors, and associated complications

MV Abola, JY Du, CC Lin… - Operative …, 2021 - journals.lww.com
BACKGROUND As the rate of elective cervical spine surgery increases, studies of
complications may improve quality of care. Symptomatic postoperative cervical epidural …

[HTML][HTML] Pyogenic spinal infections warrant a total spine MRI

C Balcescu, K Odeh, A Rosinski… - Journal of bone and …, 2023 - jbji.copernicus.org
Study design: retrospective case series. Objective: the presenting clinical symptoms of
spinal infections are often nonspecific and a delay in diagnosis can lead to adverse patient …

The NIMS framework: an approach to the evaluation and management of epidural abscesses

GX Xiong, AM Crawford, B Striano, HM Lightsey… - The Spine Journal, 2021 - Elsevier
Among the different types of spinal infections, spinal epidural abscesses (SEAs) pose a
particular diagnostic and management challenge due to their close proximity to the thecal …

Evaluation of predictive models for complications following spinal surgery

N Dietz, M Sharma, A Alhourani… - … Surgery Part A …, 2020 - thieme-connect.com
Background Complications rates vary across spinal surgery procedures and are difficult to
predict due to heterogeneity in patient characteristics, surgical methods, and hospital …