Spinal Subdural Empyema Complicating Cervical Discography

Lownie, Stephen P.; Ferguson, G. G.

doi:10.1097/00007632-198912000-00023

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“…However, no such EMG technique has been reported for the assessment of the DCF muscles in neck pain sufferers. In fact, there had been no subsequent report of fine wire EMG studies of the DCF muscles in humans, due at least in part to the risks associated with invasive techniques to the anterior cervical spine such as those reported for cervical discography [3,11,12,23,25,34]. The DCF muscles are located deep to proximal respiratory, gastrointestinal, vascular, lymphatic and neural structures of the anterior neck.…”

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Further evaluation of an EMG technique for assessment of the deep cervical flexor muscles

Falla

Jull

O’Leary

et al. 2006

Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology

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Further evaluation of an EMG technique for assessment of the deep cervical flexor muscles

Falla

Jull

O’Leary

et al. 2006

Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology

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“…It has been reported, for example, after epidural catheter insertion, 7 and following discography. 8 It is possible that bacteria might spread contiguously from the epidural space to the subdural region. It is not rare, for example, to encounter cranial epidural abscesses in conjunction with a subdural empyema.…”

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Rapidly progressive lumbar subdural empyema following acromial bursal injection

Coumans¹,

Walcott²

2011

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

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“…The most common bacterial agent is Staphylococcus aureus and S. epidermidis [89]. Causes of cervical discitis are needle contamination, inadequate skin preparation, and inadvertent puncture of the esophagus [90]. Clinicians suspect post discography discitis if there is a marked increase of neck or back pain after the procedure along with an elevated sedimentation rate.…”

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Discography in practice: a clinical and historical review

Walker

Isaac

et al. 2007

Curr Rev Musculoskelet Med

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Chronic low back pain is the most common cause of disability in individuals between the ages of 45 and 65. Given the variety of anatomic and pathophysiologic causes of persistent low back pain, it is a difficult diagnosis for clinicians to treat. Discography is a diagnostic option that may link a patient’s subjective complaints of spinal pain to symptomatic disk disease when non-invasive imaging, such as magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), does not find structural abnormalities. A controversial procedure, discography is only necessary to assess painful discs prior to surgical interventions. For accurate discogram interpretation an experienced spine interventionalist must be careful to exclude false positive results and be aware of the patient’s underlying psychological state. This literature review will discuss the following: anatomy and function of the spine and intervertebral disc, intervertebral disc degeneration and discogenic pain, history of discography, indications and contraindications, a description of the procedure, complications, and the current debate regarding its outcomes.

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Spinal Subdural Empyema Complicating Cervical Discography

Cited by 71 publications

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Further evaluation of an EMG technique for assessment of the deep cervical flexor muscles

Further evaluation of an EMG technique for assessment of the deep cervical flexor muscles

Rapidly progressive lumbar subdural empyema following acromial bursal injection

Discography in practice: a clinical and historical review

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