Surgical treatment of native vertebral osteomyelitis followed by antimicrobial therapy

No surgical intervention, antimicrobial therapy only

Vertebral Osteomyelitis

Spondylodiscitis

Surgical Procedure, Unspecified

Surgical treatment of native vertebral osteomyelitis consisting of debridement, spinal decompression and instrumentation using hardware. Additional standard antimicrobial therapy, according to the pathogen and its antimicrobial susceptibility (intravenous route during first 2 weeks, followed by oral route for additional 4 weeks).

Surgical treatment

No surgical intervention, antimicrobial therapy only, bed rest or temporary external immobilization of affected spinal segment with orthopedic orthesis. Antimicrobial therapy will be administrated according to the pathogen type and antimicrobial susceptibility, with initial intravenous administration for 2 weeks, followed by oral antibiotics for 4 weeks to complete 6 weeks of total therapy.

Antimicrobial treatment

Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin

Conservative Versus Surgical Treatment of Native Vertebral Osteomyelitis

Conservative Versus Surgical Treatment of Native Vertebral Osteomyelitis: a Randomized Multicentre Trial

Treatment success: Infection-free status defined as (i) absence of clinical signs of native vertebral osteomyelitis (fever, local signs at surgical site), (ii) normal laboratory findings (serum C-reactive protein), (iii) absence of radiological signs of active native vertebral osteomyelitis (progressive bone destruction, implant loosening or migration), and (iv) absence of unplanned surgical interventions or additional antimicrobial treatment.
Confirmed failure: Persistence or relapse of infection due to the same pathogen.
Possible failure: Subjects not fulfilling the criteria for treatment success but have no diagnosis of persistence or relapse of native vertebral osteomyelitis

Pain intensity according to the numerical rating scale (NRS) for the indication of the perceived pain. Values are from 0 (no pain) to 10 (greatest pain imaginable)

Nurick scale: A six grade system (0-5) based on the difficulty in walking:
Grade 0: signs or symptoms of root involvement but without evidence of spinal cord disease Grade 1: signs of spinal cord disease but no difficulty in walking. Grade 2: slight difficulty in walking which does not prevent full-time employment Grade 3: difficulty in walking which prevented full time employment or the ability to do all housework, but which was not so severe as to require someone else's help to walk Grade 4: able to walk only with someone else's help or with the aid of a frame. Grade 5 : chairbound or bedridden.

The Oswestry Disability Index (ODI) will be used in patients with low back pain.
There are 10 questions to evaluate how the back or leg pain is affecting the patient's ability to manage in everyday life.
Scoring Method Each of the 10 items is scored from 0 - 5. The maximum score is therefore 50. The obtained score can be multiplied by 2 to produce a percentage score.
Interpretation 0%-20%: Minimal disability 20%-40% Moderate disability 40%-60%: Severe disability 60%-80%: Crippled 80%-100%: These patients are either bed-bound or exaggerating their symptoms

EuroQOL questionnaire is a measure of both clinical and economic value in health care.
It consists of a descriptive system and a visual analogue scale (EQ VAS). The descriptive system has 5 dimensions: mobility, self-care, usual activities, pain/discomfort, and anxiety/depression. The visual analogue scale has 3 levels of severity (no problems, some problems, extreme problems).

The questionnaire is composed of 36 questions organized in eight scales:
physical functioning, role limitations due to physical health problems, bodily pain, general health perceptions, vitality, social functioning, role limitations due to emotional problems, and general mental health. Respondents rate each activity on a three-level scale (a lot, a little, not at all). Item responses are then summed with results expressed on a scale ranging from 0 to 100, representing higher values a better function.

Andrej Trampuz

Head of septic surgery

Charite University, Berlin, Germany

Prospective, randomized (1:1), controlled, multicentre explorative trial

Low Back Pain

Probiotic

Inactive capsules

Diagnostic Center

Probiotics for Modic Changes in Low Back Pain Patients

Probiotics for Modic Changes: a Randomised Controlled Study to Elucidate the Effect of Probiotics on Vertebral Inflammatory End-plate Changes, So-called Type 1 Modic Changes

Ole Kudsk Jensen

Consultant, ph.d.

The Danish Rheumatism Association

vertebral osteomyelitis, erosive osteochondrose

Bio-Plex Pro Human Cytokine Group I 27-plex Assay (IL-1β, IL-1ra, IL-2, IL-4, IL-5, IL-6, IL-7, IL-8, IL-9, IL-10, IL-12 (p70), IL-13, IL-15, IL-17, FGF basic, Eotaxin, G-CSF, GM-CSF, IFN-γ, IP-10, MCP-1, MIP-1α, MIP-1β, PDGF-BB, RANTES, TNF-α, VEGF), suPAR (soluble urokinase-type plasminogen activator receptor)

Routine blood collection will be carried out directly before surgery and also during the stationary hospitalization on day 4 and day 10. Additional blood collection will be done after 6 weeks and 3 months during the follow-up.

Cytokine Profile and suPAR

Studienzentrum Orthopädie & Unfallchirurgie

Cytokine Profiles and suPAR in Spondylodiscitis

Verification and Progress of Cytokine Profiles and suPAR for the Discrimination of Infectious and Non-infectious, Degenerative Diseases of the Spine

different cytokine and suPAR profiles between groups

Ayla Yagdiran

Dr.med.

University of Cologne

- group A : during 6 weeks after the inclusion

-group B : during 12 weeks after the inclusion

discitis/fiabhras

Conservative Versus Surgical Treatment of Native Vertebral Osteomyelitis

Probiotics for Modic Changes in Low Back Pain Patients

Cytokine Profiles and suPAR in Spondylodiscitis

Comparison of Two Antimicrobial Therapy Duration for Spondylodiscitis

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