[Acute Osteomyelitis Following a Closed Vertebral Fracture - Report of a Case and Review of the Literature]
(1990) Revue de Chirurgie Orthopedique et Reparatrice de l’Appareil Moteur — Vol. 76, n° 8, p. 591-597 (1990)
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- We report a new case of haematogenous infection at the site of a spinal fracture. The patient developped a severe bronchopneumonial infection. After the trauma three weeks later he developped a severe but incomplete cord lesion due to acute vertebral osteomyelitis. The patient was treated with antibiotics. He made a slow, but uneventful and complete neurological recovery. 28 instances of osteomyelitis after fracture of which seven involved vertebral bones have been previously reported. The spontaneous appearance of haematogenous osteomyelitis in a fractured bone is a rare but not exceptional event.
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Rombouts-Godin, V., Malghem, J., van de Wyngaert, F., Rombouts, J.-J., & Huaux, JP. (1990). [Acute Osteomyelitis Following a Closed Vertebral Fracture - Report of a Case and Review of the Literature]. Revue de Chirurgie Orthopedique et Reparatrice de l’Appareil Moteur, 76(8), 591-597. https://hdl.handle.net/2078.5/137895 (Original work published 1990)