Percutaneous automated biopsy in the diagnosis of primary infectious spondylitis.
Neurosurgery
; 26(2): 234-7, 1990 Feb.
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| ID: mdl-2308670
ABSTRACT
Three cases of primary infectious spondylitis, two caused by Staphylococcus aureus and one by tuberculosis, were diagnosed using the method previously described for automated percutaneous discectomy. All three patients, in whom biopsy using fine needle techniques previously was unsuccessful, had positive cultures from specimens obtained using the automated method. The method combines the advantages of local anesthesia and minimal morbidity with the obtaining of adequate material for culture and pathological examination.
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01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Espondilite
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Infecções Estafilocócicas
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Biópsia
Tipo de estudo:
Diagnostic_studies
Limite:
Adult
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
1990
Tipo de documento:
Article