Spinal epidural abscess: Report on 27 cases

BACKGROUND: Spinal epidural abscess, although an uncommon disease, often correlates with a high morbidity owing to significant delay in diagnosis. METHODS: In a prospective 5-year study, the clinical and magnetic resonance (MR) findings, treatment protocols, microbiology, and neurological outcomes w...

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Autores principales: Khursheed, Nayil, Dar, Sultan, Ramzan, Altaf, Fomda, Bashir, Humam, Nisar, Abrar, Wani, Singh, Sarbjit, Sajad, Arif, Mahek, Masood, Yawar, Shoaib
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Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2017
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Infection: Original Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5629861/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29026676
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/sni.sni_105_17
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author Khursheed, Nayil
Dar, Sultan
Ramzan, Altaf
Fomda, Bashir
Humam, Nisar
Abrar, Wani
Singh, Sarbjit
Sajad, Arif
Mahek, Masood
Yawar, Shoaib
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Dar, Sultan
Ramzan, Altaf
Fomda, Bashir
Humam, Nisar
Abrar, Wani
Singh, Sarbjit
Sajad, Arif
Mahek, Masood
Yawar, Shoaib
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description BACKGROUND: Spinal epidural abscess, although an uncommon disease, often correlates with a high morbidity owing to significant delay in diagnosis. METHODS: In a prospective 5-year study, the clinical and magnetic resonance (MR) findings, treatment protocols, microbiology, and neurological outcomes were analyzed for 27 patients with spinal epidural abscess. RESULTS: Patients were typically middle-aged with underlying diabetes and presented with lumbar abscesses. Those undergoing surgical intervention >36 h after the onset of symptoms had poor neurological outcomes. CONCLUSION: Early recognition and timely evacuation of spinal abscesses minimized neurological morbidity and potential mortality.
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spelling pubmed-56298612017-10-12 Spinal epidural abscess: Report on 27 cases Khursheed, Nayil Dar, Sultan Ramzan, Altaf Fomda, Bashir Humam, Nisar Abrar, Wani Singh, Sarbjit Sajad, Arif Mahek, Masood Yawar, Shoaib Surg Neurol Int Infection: Original Article BACKGROUND: Spinal epidural abscess, although an uncommon disease, often correlates with a high morbidity owing to significant delay in diagnosis. METHODS: In a prospective 5-year study, the clinical and magnetic resonance (MR) findings, treatment protocols, microbiology, and neurological outcomes were analyzed for 27 patients with spinal epidural abscess. RESULTS: Patients were typically middle-aged with underlying diabetes and presented with lumbar abscesses. Those undergoing surgical intervention >36 h after the onset of symptoms had poor neurological outcomes. CONCLUSION: Early recognition and timely evacuation of spinal abscesses minimized neurological morbidity and potential mortality. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2017-09-26 /pmc/articles/PMC5629861/ /pubmed/29026676 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/sni.sni_105_17 Text en Copyright: © 2017 Surgical Neurology International http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as the author is credited and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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Khursheed, Nayil
Dar, Sultan
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Singh, Sarbjit
Sajad, Arif
Mahek, Masood
Yawar, Shoaib
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title Spinal epidural abscess: Report on 27 cases
title_full Spinal epidural abscess: Report on 27 cases
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title_short Spinal epidural abscess: Report on 27 cases
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topic Infection: Original Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5629861/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29026676
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/sni.sni_105_17
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