Imaging spinal infection

Magnetic Resonance Imaging Patterns of Post-Operative Spinal Infection: Relationship between the Clinical Onset of Infection and the Infection Site

OBJECTIVE To investigate the magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) findings and the patterns of postoperative spinal infection according to the passage of time. METHODS Institutional review board approval was obtained, and informed consent was not obtained for the retrospective review of patients' medical records. A total of 43 patients (27 men and 16 women; mean age, 64) diagnosed with postoperat...

Imaging of spinal tumors.

Imaging of spinal fusion

Surgical spinal fusion is a procedure where two or more of the vertebrae of the spine are “fused” together in an attempt to achieve solid arthrodesis and to potentially eliminate painful movement or to correct deformity. The purpose of the spinal hardware is to provide additional spinal stability while helping the fusion set up. The first successful surgical fusion procedures were described by ...

Spinal Diffusion Tensor Imaging

PHILIPP HENDRIX, CHRISTOPH J. GRIESSENAUER, JULIEN COHEN-ADAD, SHANMUGANATHAN RAJASEKARAN, KEITH A. CAULEY, MOHAMMADALI M. SHOJA, PARHAM PEZESHK, AND R. SHANE TUBBS Department of Neurosurgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama Department of Biomedical Engineering, Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal, Quebec, Canada Department of Orthopaedic and Spine Surgery, Ganga Hospital, ...

COVID-19 infection leading to lethal spondylodiscitis with spinal abscess

Background: Secondary complications after SARS-CoV-2 virus infection including cardiovascular and neurological pose additional morbidity and mortality. Till date there no single case report of spondylodiscitis with spinal abscess after CVOID-19 infection. Case Description: A 71- year-old man presented with tachypnea and cough since 24 hours. He was febrile and the CT-chest showed typical pictu...