Spinal epidural abscess: presentation and treatment: A report of 21 cases

Anterior Cervical Discectomy, Drainage and Non-instrumented Cortico-Cancellous Allograft Fusion: A Treatment Option for Ventral Cervical Spinal Epidural Abscess

“…Interestingly, in a number of reports, operative treatment and technique for the most part have not been clearly reported, detailed or standardized. From these reports, we could gather that the utilized treatment options included "surgical drainage," "surgical decompression," "surgical debridement," "anterior" or "posterior" approaches, "anterior decompression," "fusion", "instrumentation," "stabilization", "fixation", "laminectomy", "corpectomy," and "hemilaminectomy (2,3,4,5,6,7,8,10,16,20,23,26,30,32,33,34,35,36,(38)(39)(40)(41)(42)(43)(44)(48)(49)(50)(51)(52).…”

Persistent or severe back pain and stiffness are ominous symptoms requiring prompt attention

“…This probably results from sudden vascular occlusion due to high pressure within the spinal canal with infarction and subsequent myelomalacia. 10,11 Obviously it is imperative that the problem be identified and treatment started before this disastrous event occurs.…”

Mycobacterium avium complex spinal epidural abscess in an HIV patient

“…Mycobacterium tuberculosis is a well known cause of spinal infection. Tuberculosis can infect the spinal cord, 13 the intradural space, 13,14 the epidural space 9,15,16 19,20 Single cases of Mycobacterium kansasii and Mycobacterium fortuitum have also caused vertebral osteomyelitis. 21,22 The spinal region nonetheless is an uncommon site for infection with mycobacteria other than M. tuberculosis.…”