Multi-stage surgery for a multiple-level spondylodiscitis caused by multidrug-resistant complex.

The objective of this article is to report a rare case of atypical mycobacterial spinal spondylodiscitis with multiple-level involvement and the successful treatment by multi-stage surgical intervention. Reports on the surgical management of atypical mycobacterial spondylodiscitis are lacking. A 71-year-old woman with a confirmed diagnosis of multiple-level spondylodiscitis of L2-L3 and L5-S1 caused by Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC).

Predictors of outcome after decompressive lumbar surgery and instrumented posterolateral fusion.

There has been no agreement among different authors on guidelines to specify the situations in which arthrodesis is justified in terms of results, risks and complications. The aim of this study was to identify preoperative predictors of outcome after decompressive lumbar surgery and instrumented posterolateral fusion. A prospective observational study design was performed on 203 consecutive patients.