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Volume 37 (2014): Issue 2 (Aug 2014): Spinal Osteomyelitis With and Without Epidural Abscess: Diagnosis and Management Strategies

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Letters to the Editor: Craniopharyngioma adherence to the hypothalamus

Authors: José M. Pascual, Ruth Prieto, Rodrigo Carrasco, Inés Castro-Dufourny and Laura Barrios

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1–9

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https://doi.org/10.3171/2014.3.FOCUS1464

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Aug 2014

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Timing in the surgical evacuation of spinal epidural abscesses

Authors: George M. Ghobrial, Sara Beygi, Matthew J. Viereck, Christopher M. Maulucci, Ashwini Sharan, Joshua Heller, Jack Jallo, Srinivas Prasad and James S. Harrop

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E1

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https://doi.org/10.3171/2014.6.FOCUS14120

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Aug 2014

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Risk factors for the development of deformity in patients with spinal infection

Authors: Dushyanth Srinivasan, Samuel W. Terman, Mai Himedan, Domenico Dugo, Frank La Marca and Paul Park

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E2

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https://doi.org/10.3171/2014.6.FOCUS14143

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Aug 2014

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Diagnosis and management of primary pyogenic spinal infections in intravenous recreational drug users

Authors: Mateo Ziu, Bradley Dengler, Davin Cordell and Viktor Bartanusz

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E3

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https://doi.org/10.3171/2014.6.FOCUS14148

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Aug 2014

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Medical and surgical management of spinal epidural abscess: a systematic review

Authors: Leopold Arko IV, Eric Quach, Vincent Nguyen, Daniel Chang, Vishad Sukul and Bong-Soo Kim

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E4

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https://doi.org/10.3171/2014.6.FOCUS14127

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Aug 2014

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Direct lateral retroperitoneal approach for the surgical treatment of lumbar discitis and osteomyelitis

Authors: Karthik Madhavan, Steven Vanni and Seth K. Williams

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E5

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https://doi.org/10.3171/2014.6.FOCUS14150

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Aug 2014

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Posterior fixation without debridement for vertebral body osteomyelitis and discitis

Authors: Ahmed S. Mohamed, Jung Yoo, Robert Hart, Brian T. Ragel, Jayme Hiratzka, D. Kojo Hamilton, Penelope D. Barnes and Alexander C. Ching

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E6

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https://doi.org/10.3171/2014.6.FOCUS14142

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Aug 2014

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Perioperative morbidity and mortality comparison in circumferential cervical fusion for osteomyelitis versus cervical spondylotic myelopathy

Authors: Rishi Wadhwa, Praveen V. Mummaneni, Darryl Lau, Hai Le, Dean Chou and Sanjay S. Dhall

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E7

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https://doi.org/10.3171/2014.5.FOCUS14140

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Aug 2014

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The indications and timing for operative management of spinal epidural abscess: literature review and treatment algorithm

Authors: Alexander Tuchman, Martin Pham and Patrick C. Hsieh

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E8

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https://doi.org/10.3171/2014.6.FOCUS14261

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Aug 2014

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An institutional series and contemporary review of bacterial spinal epidural abscess: current status and future directions

Authors: Faris Shweikeh, Kashif Saeed, Laura Bukavina, Stephanie Zyck, Doniel Drazin and Michael P. Steinmetz

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E9

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https://doi.org/10.3171/2014.6.FOCUS14146

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Aug 2014

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Computed tomography–guided percutaneous biopsy for vertebral osteomyelitis: a department's experience

Authors: Vasant Garg, Christos Kosmas, Peter C. Young, Uday Kiran Togaru and Mark R. Robbin

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E10

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https://doi.org/10.3171/2014.6.FOCUS14134

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Aug 2014

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Holospinal epidural abscess of the spinal axis: two illustrative cases with review of treatment strategies and surgical techniques

Authors: Gabriel A. Smith, Arshneel S. Kochar, Sunil Manjila, Kaine Onwuzulike, Robert T. Geertman, James S. Anderson and Michael P. Steinmetz

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E11

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https://doi.org/10.3171/2014.5.FOCUS14136

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Aug 2014

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Intramedullary spinal cord abscess and subsequent granuloma formation: a rare complication of vertebral osteomyelitis detected by diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging

Authors: Noriyoshi Takebe, Koichi Iwasaki, Hirokuni Hashikata and Hiroki Toda

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E12

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https://doi.org/10.3171/2014.6.FOCUS14141

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Aug 2014

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Introduction: Vertebral osteomyelitis and spinal epidural abscess

Authors: Patrick C. Hsieh, John C. Liu and Michael Y. Wang

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Introduction

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https://doi.org/10.3171/2014.6.FOCUS14293

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Aug 2014

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