ALLMedicine™ Epidural Abscess Center

Jun 24th, 2022 - Spinal epidural abscess is a rare but severe condition with high rates of postoperative adverse events. The objective of the study was to identify independent prognostic factors for reoperation using two datasets: an institutional and national dat...

Jun 23rd, 2022 - Spinal epidural abscess (SEA) is an uncommon clinical entity that is often subject to delayed diagnosis and suboptimal treatment. Untreated disease leads to compression of the spinal cord, resulting in devastating complications. A 56-year-old man ...

Jun 17th, 2022 - BACKGROUND Pyogenic spondylitis comprises several clinical entities, including native vertebral osteomyelitis, septic discitis, pyogenic spondylodiscitis, and epidural abscess. The lumbar spine is most often infected, followed by the thoracic and ...

Jun 12th, 2022 - Contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is the preferred imaging modality for diagnosing pyogenic spinal infection (PSI), but it is not always available. Our objective was to describe pyogenic spinal infection imaging characteristics in...

May 31st, 2022 - Background A spinal epidural abscess (see image below) is a loculated purulent collection that may cause spinal cord injury via compression or vascular compromise (thrombophlebitis). If left untreated, an expanding suppurative infection in the spi...

Apr 19th, 2022 - Failure to adequately prevent pain after heart surgery increases morbidity and results in a high incidence of persistent poststernotomy pain syndrome. The use of special opioid-based analgesia causes adverse effects such as nausea, vomiting, sedat...

Apr 14th, 2022 - The best mode of analgesia delivery after hepatectomy is currently unknown. Many institutions routinely use continuous epidural analgesia (CEA) for pain control in hepatectomy patients. However, its safety has been the subject of debate. Paraverte...

Dec 16th, 2021 - Hypothesis: Neostigmine and atropine will reduce the proportion of postpartum women with a PDPH requiring EBP who developed a PDPH after accidental dural puncture with a Tuohy needle. Background: The post dural puncture headache (PDPH) is a well-d...

Aug 19th, 2021 - During revision spinal surgery for aseptic indications, there remains a concern that the failure may have resulted from undetectable subclinical infection. In the common revision indications of hardware loosening and adjacent segment disease it is...

Mar 16th, 2021 - Introduction: Regional anesthesia is a key component of opioid-sparing multimodal analgesia after major abdominal surgery as it improves recovery such as return of bowel function and early ambulation. Continuous epidural local anesthetic infusion ...

Jul 11th, 2018 - Delay in the diagnosis and treatment of spinal epidural abscess (SEA) increases the likelihood of permanent disability (eg, residual motor weakness) or even death. 1-5 Studies suggest that the incidence of SEA may be on the rise,6,7 which is especi.

Jun 28th, 2018 - About a year ago I heard a prominent emergency physician say, "We're training a generation of urban emergency physicians." And he was spot-on about that. I have written extensively about the fact that it's very difficult to staff rural locations w...

Jun 28th, 2018 - About a year ago I heard a prominent emergency physician say, "We're training a generation of urban emergency physicians." And he was spot-on about that. I have written extensively about the fact that it's very difficult to staff rural locations w...

Oct 3rd, 2017 - IDWeek 2017 kicks off Oct. 3 at the San Diego Convention Center, with a focus on pandemic preparedness and other challenges facing infectious diseases clinicians and researchers in the 21st century.

Apr 27th, 2016 - Discussion This patient had a final diagnosis of an epidural abscess secondary to tuberculous spondylitis (also known as "Pott disease" or "spinal tuberculosis"). The lumbar plain-film radiographs revealed a compression fracture of the T11 vertebr...