Incidence, risk factors and clinical course of pyogenic spondylodiscitis patients with pulmonary embolism

  • Purpose: In patients with pyogenic spondylodiscitis, surgery is considered the treatment of choice to conduct proper debridement, stabilise the spine and avoid extended bed rest, which in turn is a risk factor for complications such as deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism. Methods: We conducted a retrospective clinical study with analysis of a group of 99 patients who had undergone treatment for pyogenic discitis at our institution between June 2012 and August 2017. Included parameters were age, sex, disease pattern, the presence of deep vein thrombosis, resuscitation, in-hospital mortality, present anticoagulation, preexisting comorbidities, tobacco abuse, body mass index, microbiological germ detection and laboratory results. Results: Among the analysed cohort, 12% of the treated patients for pyogenic spondylodiscitis suffered from a radiologically confirmed pulmonary embolism. Coronary heart disease (p < 0.01), female sex (p < 0.01), anticoagulation at admission (p < 0.01) and non-O blood type (p < 0.001) were associated with development of pulmonary embolism. Pulmonary embolism was significantly associated with resuscitation (p < 0.005) and deep vein thrombosis (p < 0.001). Neurosurgery was not associated with increased risk for pulmonary embolism compared to conservative-treated patients (p > 0.05). Conclusion: Surgery for pyogenic spondylodiscitis was not associated with an elevated risk of pulmonary embolism in our analysis. However, we describe several risk factors for pulmonary embolism in this vulnerable cohort. Prospective studies are necessary to improve prevention and postoperative management in patients with pyogenic spondylodiscitis.
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Author:Daniel DubinskiORCiDGND, Sae-Yeon WonORCiDGND, Fee KeilORCiDGND, Bedjan BehmaneshORCiDGND, Max Dosch, Peter BaumgartenORCiDGND, Joshua D. BernstockORCiD, Volker SeifertORCiD, Thomas Michael FreimanORCiDGND, Florian GeßlerORCiDGND
URN:urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-637608
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1007/s00068-021-01776-z
ISSN:1863-9941
Parent Title (English):European journal of trauma and emergency surgery
Publisher:Springer Medizin
Place of publication:Heidelberg
Document Type:Article
Language:English
Date of Publication (online):2021/09/02
Date of first Publication:2021/09/02
Publishing Institution:Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg
Release Date:2022/02/16
Tag:Coronary heart disease; Pulmonary embolism; Pyogenic spondylodiscitis; Risk factor
Volume:2021
Issue:online version before inclusion in an issue
Page Number:8
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Open Access funding enabled and organized by Projekt DEAL.
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Early View: Online Version before inclusion in an issue
HeBIS-PPN:49173025X
Institutes:Medizin
Dewey Decimal Classification:6 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften / 61 Medizin und Gesundheit / 610 Medizin und Gesundheit
Sammlungen:Universitätspublikationen
Licence (German):License LogoCreative Commons - Namensnennung 4.0