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Recent Developments in the Treatment of Spinal Epidural Abscesses

Spinal epidural abscess (SEA) is a serious condition that can be challenging to diagnose due to nonspecific symptomology and delayed presentation. Despite this, it requires prompt recognition and management in order to prevent permanent neurologic sequelae. Several recent studies have improved our u...

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Autores principales: Eltorai, Adam E.M., Naqvi, Syed S., Seetharam, Ashok, Brea, Bielinsky A., Simon, Chad
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: PAGEPress Publications, Pavia, Italy 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5505082/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28713526
http://dx.doi.org/10.4081/or.2017.7010
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author Eltorai, Adam E.M.
Naqvi, Syed S.
Seetharam, Ashok
Brea, Bielinsky A.
Simon, Chad
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description Spinal epidural abscess (SEA) is a serious condition that can be challenging to diagnose due to nonspecific symptomology and delayed presentation. Despite this, it requires prompt recognition and management in order to prevent permanent neurologic sequelae. Several recent studies have improved our understanding of SEA. Herein, we summarize the recent literature from the past 10 years relevant to SEA diagnosis, management and outcome. While surgical care remains the mainstay of treatment, a select subset of SEA patients may be managed without operative intervention. Multidisciplinary management involves internal medicine, infectious disease, critical care, and spine surgeons in order to optimize care.
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spelling pubmed-55050822017-07-14 Recent Developments in the Treatment of Spinal Epidural Abscesses Eltorai, Adam E.M. Naqvi, Syed S. Seetharam, Ashok Brea, Bielinsky A. Simon, Chad Orthop Rev (Pavia) Review Spinal epidural abscess (SEA) is a serious condition that can be challenging to diagnose due to nonspecific symptomology and delayed presentation. Despite this, it requires prompt recognition and management in order to prevent permanent neurologic sequelae. Several recent studies have improved our understanding of SEA. Herein, we summarize the recent literature from the past 10 years relevant to SEA diagnosis, management and outcome. While surgical care remains the mainstay of treatment, a select subset of SEA patients may be managed without operative intervention. Multidisciplinary management involves internal medicine, infectious disease, critical care, and spine surgeons in order to optimize care. PAGEPress Publications, Pavia, Italy 2017-06-23 /pmc/articles/PMC5505082/ /pubmed/28713526 http://dx.doi.org/10.4081/or.2017.7010 Text en ©Copyright A.E.M. Eltorai et al., 2017 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Eltorai, Adam E.M.
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