Percutaneous drainage and continuous irrigation in patients with severe pyogenic spondylitis, abscess formation, and marked bone destruction.

Object: The use of percutaneous suction aspiration has recently become viewed as an effective management strategy for pyogenic spondylitis unresponsive to conservative treatment. What remains unclear is whether it can be effective for severe pyogenic spondylitis in which abscess formation or marked bone destruction is present. The authors undertook a study to clarify answers to this question.

Lumbar spinal disorders in patients with athetoid cerebral palsy: a clinical and biomechanical study.

Study Design: Radiologic study for patients with athetoid cerebral palsy (CP), and a biomechanical study using the finite-element model (FEM).

Objectives: To understand the lumbar disorders of athetoid CP patients and the etiology based on the results from the FEM study.

Summary Of Background Data: Cervical spondylotic myelopathy is a well-identified spinal disorder associated with cerebral palsy, especially in athetoid type.