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Surgical treatment of an all-spine epidural empyema
Reinas, R; Alves, ÓL; Kitumba, D; Baptista, AMSpinal epidural empyema (SEE) is a severe infectious disease of the spine which may cause significant morbidity and mortality. Surgical drainage of the empyema is a key feature. However, approach-related morbidity may be significant in very extensive collections. We present the case of a 55-year-old female with an empyema due to methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus spawning from C2 to S1. She underwent...
Minimally invasive surgery for spinal fractures due to multiple myeloma
Alves, OL; Reinas, R; Kitumba, D; Pereira, LBackground: Multiple myeloma (MM) presents with spinal lesions in 60% of cases. The combination of osteolytic lesions with multifactorial osteopenia raises specific surgical treatment challenges. Minimally invasive spine surgery (MISS) could be a potential option for MM spinal lesions treatment. Objective: The objective of this study is to evaluate MISS techniques to treat patients presenting with spine fractur...
Multilevel cervical arthroplasty-clinical and radiological outcomes
Reinas, R; Kitumba, D; Pereira, L; Baptista, AM; Alves, ÓLCervical disc arthroplasty (CDA) is a valid option for single-level cervical disc disease (CDD) as an alternative to fusion. However, the use in 3- and 4-level disc disease is under scrutiny with scarce data published so far. Our aim was to study clinical and radiological outcomes of arthroplasty in patients with multilevel CDD.