Surgical Management of Lumbar Hardware Failure Due to Recurrent Postoperative Spondylodiscitis: Case Report

Case Reports

. 2022 Jul 29;14(7):e27457.


doi: 10.7759/cureus.27457.


eCollection 2022 Jul.

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Edwin Bernard et al.


Cureus.


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Abstract

Spondylodiscitis is a rare bacterial infection of the vertebrae and intervertebral discs that causes inflammation and follows a destructive course. When conservative management fails, surgical management requires immediate debridement of the infective focus, with decompression and stabilization through a ventral approach. The most frequently involved locations are the lumbar spine (58%), thoracic (30%), and cervical (11%) regions. Gram-positive organisms such as Staphylococcus aureus and Streptococcus species are the most commonly isolated organisms (67% and 24%, respectively). Pathophysiologically, infectious spondylodiscitis begins in the anterior portion of the vertebral body, due to its rich vascular supply, and then spreads to the rest of the vertebral body and along the medullary spaces. In this study, we report the management of recurrent lumbar postoperative spondylodiscitis with transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion (TLIF) hardware failure in a 62-year-old female.


Keywords:

360o spine surgery; alif; debridement; incidence; infection; recurrent; s: spondylodiscitis; tlif.

Conflict of interest statement

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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