Spondylitis

12/01/2008 - "Safety and efficacy of pedicle screws and titanium mesh cage in the treatments of tuberculous spondylitis of the thoracolumbar spine."
10/01/2011 - "Is titanium mesh cage safe in surgical management of pyogenic spondylitis?"
12/01/2008 - "We wanted to analyze the safety and effectiveness of using the newer generation metallic implants (pedicle screws and/or titanium mesh) for the treatment of tuberculous spondylitis. "
03/01/2006 - "Treatment of tuberculous spondylitis with anterior stabilization and titanium cage."
10/01/2011 - "Anterior radical debridement followed by the placement of instrumentation with a titanium mesh cage may be a safe and effective treatment for selected patients with pyogenic spondylitis. "

01/01/2013 - "Adalimumab was effective in the treatment of axial spondylitis occurring in childhood."
04/01/2010 - "We present the cases of 2 patients with rheumatoid arthritis and one patient with ankylopoietic spondylitis on treatment with adalimumab, who developed pulmonary and disseminated tuberculosis despite following the screening and prophylaxis measures recommended in guidelines. "
06/28/2009 - "Adalimumab is a human, recombinant antibody, which is effective in patients with rheumatoid arthritis, polyarticular juvenile idiopathic arthritis, psoriasis, arthritis psoriatica, spondylitis ankylopoetica, as well as with Crohn-disease. "
12/01/2011 - "The patients were a 37-year-old man with concomitant Crohn's disease and amyloidosis who was treated with infliximab (INF, 5 mg/kg for 3 years) and switched to adalimumab (ADA), and two female patients (a 24-year-old and a 31-year-old) with FMF who developed severe spondylitis and who were also treated with ADA. "

01/01/2014 - "The purpose of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of percutaneous endoscopic debridement with dilute betadine solution irrigation (PEDI) for treating patients with lumbar infectious spondylitis. "
10/01/2015 - "This study retrospectively evaluated the clinical outcomes of bilateral portal percutaneous endoscopic debridement and lavage with dilute povidone-iodine solution in the treatment of patients with lumbar pyogenic spondylitis. "
10/01/2015 - "From January 2007 to December 2011, a total of 22 patients diagnosed with single-level lumbar pyogenic spondylitis underwent bilateral portal percutaneous endoscopic debridement and lavage with dilute povidone-iodine solution at the authors' institution. "

05/01/2011 - "In conclusion, prolonged (at least 6 months) administration of a triple combination of suitable antibiotics appears to be an effective treatment for brucellar spondylitis."
11/01/2014 - "We describe the case of a 63-year-old female who presented with severe inflammatory spondylitis, refractory to various antibiotics. "
09/01/2012 - "The Dynesys system was removed and lumbar spondylitis was treated with antibiotics. "
05/01/2011 - "The standard treatment of brucellar spondylitis with a combination of two antibiotics for 6-12 weeks is associated with high rates of treatment failure and relapse. "
12/01/2007 - "Three cases initially diagnosed as pyogenic spondylitis were treated with broad-spectrum antibiotics. "

09/01/1992 - "This overall successful result of sulfasalazine therapy of juvenile spondylitis should encourage clinicians to plan controlled trials."
10/11/1986 - "These data suggest that sulphasalazine may be a safe and effective treatment for spondylitis in ankylosing spondylitis."
09/01/1992 - "Eleven children suffering from juvenile spondylitis and reactive arthritis not responding to antiinflammatory therapy were treated with sulfasalazine. "
10/11/1986 - "Sulphasalazine has been reported to be effective in ankylosing spondylitis with peripheral arthritis, but its efficacy in spondylitis is unknown. "
10/01/2007 - "Twenty-four patients with spondylitis and Crohn's disease or ulcerative colitis, treated with 5-ASA or sulfasalazine, were randomised and assessed by an investigator independent from the spa staff: 12 were submitted to a cycle of mud-bath treatment (12 mud packs and 12 thermal baths over a period of two weeks) and 12 were enrolled as controls. "

04/01/2012 - "[Experimental study of local administration of silver nanoparticles for the treatment of pyogenic spondylitis]."
04/01/2012 - "Local administration of silver nanoparticles can effectively prevent and treat pyogenic spondylitis; the particles accumulate in the body commensurate with the administered drug concentration."
04/01/2012 - "To establish a proper animal model of pyogenic spondylitis, to evaluate the efficacy of silver nanoparticles for treatment of spinal pyogenic infections, and to explore the distribution of the particles in the body of the animals. "

07/01/2011 - "At one point, interest developed as to whether the HLA-B27 allele was independently associated with lone aortic insufficiency, in the absence of clinical spondylitis. "
01/01/2009 - "Structural and thermodynamic properties of HLA-B27 molecules provide the basis for their function within the immune system and are probably also central for the understanding of the pathology of HLA-B27-associated diseases such as ankolysing spondylitis (AS). "
06/01/2008 - "Male gender and the spondylitis subgroup were statistically associated to the positive HLA-B27, and the oligoarthritis subgroup was associated to the negative HLA-B27. "
12/17/2006 - "The comparisons between the clinical subgroups revealed a significant association of HLA-B27 with spondylitis (Gladman 4, 5, 6, 7). "
01/01/2004 - "As expected, HLA-B27 appeared to be over-represented in patients with spondylitis (p = 0.03). "

05/01/2005 - "After treatment of her spondylitis with multiple infliximab infusions, new onset of neurological symptoms developed, accompanied by detection of an abnormal white matter signal change on magnetic resonance imaging examination. "
11/01/2009 - "We report a case of 60-year-old male patient who developed acute myeloid leukemia during infliximab therapy for ankylo-sing spondylitis."
01/01/2009 - "A case of Brucella spondylitis in a patient with psoriatic arthritis receiving infliximab."
05/01/2006 - "Patients with AS who received infliximab therapy showed a decrease in spinal inflammation as detected by MRI, whereas those who received placebo showed persistent inflammatory spondylitis."
01/01/2009 - "Bacterial spondylitis developed in this patient during long-term treatment with infliximab and methotrexate. "

12/15/2004 - "We conducted a prospective, double-blind, randomized, multicenter study comparing treatment with doxycycline (100 mg po b.i.d.) for 30 days (30-day group) with the same dosage of doxycycline for 45 days (45-day group) in patients with brucellosis without endocarditis, spondylitis, or neurobrucellosis. "
07/01/1992 - "Doxycycline-rifampin combination therapy for 45 days is as effective as the classic DS combination in most patients with brucellosis; however, DR therapy might be less effective in those patients with spondylitis."
11/01/2004 - "The authors propose the use of a combination of doxycycline and ciprofloxacin for a period of 3 months, and report the successful use of such a combination in five patients with brucellosis and spondylitis."
07/01/2004 - "Six months after the onset of the back pain brucellar spondylitis was serologically diagnosed and treatment with doxycycline and streptomycin produced a significant clinical and radiological improvement. "
10/01/2003 - "In conclusion, a combination of doxycycline, streptomycin, and rifampicin can be recommended as therapy for brucellar spondylitis and to reduce relapse rates."

01/01/1994 - "The author summarized the data on experimental application of biocompatible implants IIIIIM-1 covered with benemycin as a treatment modality in spondylitis. "
07/01/1992 - "Doxycycline-rifampin combination therapy for 45 days is as effective as the classic DS combination in most patients with brucellosis; however, DR therapy might be less effective in those patients with spondylitis."
10/01/2003 - "In conclusion, a combination of doxycycline, streptomycin, and rifampicin can be recommended as therapy for brucellar spondylitis and to reduce relapse rates."
06/01/2013 - "Spondylitis due to MAC was diagnosed and the patient was administered with rifampicin, ethambutol, clarithromycin and streptomycin. "
05/01/2011 - "Eighteen patients with brucellar spondylitis were treated with a combination of at least three suitable antibiotics (doxycycline, rifampin, plus intramuscular streptomycin or cotrimoxazole or ciprofloxacin) until the completion of at least 6 months of treatment, when clinical, radiological and serology re-evaluation was performed. "

12/01/2005 - "The aim of the present study was to assess the efficacy of posterior debridement and the placement of posterior instrumentation for the treatment of patients with thoracic and lumbar tuberculous spondylitis. "
09/01/2012 - "We present a retrospective clinical study of 14 patients with lumbar and lumbosacral tuberculous spondylitis treated by two-stage surgery (first stage: posterior instrumentation; second stage: anterior debridement and allografting). "
10/01/2015 - "Bilateral Portal Percutaneous Endoscopic Debridement and Lavage for Lumbar Pyogenic Spondylitis."
09/01/2014 - "Radical debridement and reconstruction is necessary for surgical treatment of pyogenic spondylitis to control infection and to provide segmental stability. "
05/01/2013 - "Minimally invasive PPI followed by debridement and DLIF was a feasible surgical alternative in our consecutive 16 cases of pyogenic spondylitis. "

10/15/2005 - "A prospective, observational study using a novel procedure of video-assisted thoracoscopy and conventional, long spinal instruments for decompression of dorsal tubercular spondylitis. "
10/15/2005 - "Video-assisted thoracoscopic decompression of tubercular spondylitis: clinical evaluation."
01/01/2001 - "The paper summarizes the outcomes of decompression and decompression-reparative operations in patients with tuberculous spondylitis. "
01/01/2001 - "[Results of decompression operations in patients with tuberculous spondylitis]."
08/01/1983 - "[Surgical treatment of myelopathic cervical spondylitis report of 32 cases treated with posterior decompression]."

12/01/2014 - "Continuous L3 spondylitis caused by an infected endovascular aortic graft."
05/01/2013 - "Sixteen patients (mean age, 60.3 ± 18.8 y) who suffered from pyogenic spondylitis underwent single-stage DLIF using an autogenous iliac bone graft combined with PPI. "
05/01/2013 - "However, the clinical outcomes of DLIF using an autogenous bone graft combined with PPI for infectious spondylitis have been rarely reported. "
05/01/2013 - "To investigate the clinical feasibility and outcomes from direct lateral interbody fusion (DLIF) using autogenous bone grafts and percutaneous posterior instrumentation (PPI) for infectious spondylitis. "
05/01/2008 - "Lumbosacral reconstruction for intractable pyogenic spondylitis using a total leg flap with a vascularized tibia graft."

07/01/2015 - "Also, it seems to have a strong clinical impact in more than half of patients with infectious spondylitis, while it is superior to other imaging techniques in revealing residual disease after treatment and early response to therapy. "
07/01/2011 - "This report presents a case of atlanto-axial subluxation after treatment of pyogenic spondylitis of the atlanto-occipital joint. "
05/01/2005 - "After treatment of her spondylitis with multiple infliximab infusions, new onset of neurological symptoms developed, accompanied by detection of an abnormal white matter signal change on magnetic resonance imaging examination. "
07/01/2009 - "After treatment with miltefosine, the ulcer resolved completely, and infliximab was reinstituted because of progression of spondylitis. "

09/01/2014 - "The freeze-dried structural allograft can be a safe and effective alternative for surgical treatment of pyogenic spondylitis, and another option for vertebral reconstruction instead of using the other materials."
09/01/2014 - "This study aimed to evaluate and demonstrate the effectiveness and safety of a freeze-dried structural allograft during the surgical treatment of pyogenic spondylitis. "
09/01/2014 - "The authors identified 25 patients who underwent surgery for pyogenic spondylitis using freeze-dried structural allograft for reconstruction. "
09/01/2014 - "Surgical treatment of pyogenic spondylitis with the use of freeze-dried structural allograft."
03/01/2003 - "The authors retrospectively analyzed their experience in tuberculous spondylitis, with particular attention to method, allograft incorporation, and anterior spinal instrumentation. "