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Debridement and fusion with polyetheretherketone implants in purulent spondylodiscitis: a clinical experience with nine patients

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  1. Department of Neurosurgery, Klinikum rechts der Isar, University of Technology Munich, Ismaninger Strasse 22, 81675, Munich, Germany

    Agnes Brase, Florian Ringel, Carsten Stüer, Bernhard Meyer & Michael Stoffel

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This article confirms other recent series: PEEK cages can be safely used in the treatment of acute spondylodiscitis; in the cervical spine, additional plating or posterior stabilization is required in case of weak bone adjacent to the spondylodiscitis (spondylitis), in the lumbar spine posterior transpedicular stabilization is part of the procedure. This reviewer follows the same strategy.

Michael Payer

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Brase, A., Ringel, F., Stüer, C. et al. Debridement and fusion with polyetheretherketone implants in purulent spondylodiscitis: a clinical experience with nine patients. Acta Neurochir 152, 2001–2004 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00701-010-0798-z

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