Recurrent scoliosis one year after surgical correction.
A year after anterolateral spondylodesis for progressive scoliosis, the patient showed a flexion gait pattern with recurrent deformity, due to late infection. Surgical debridement resolved all symptoms. Whereas most postoperative infections occur after posterior spondylodesis and present with back pain and mild increase of infection parameters, late infection after anterolateral approach is rare. In this case the patient did not present with the classic symptoms.
van Luijk
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Onze Lieve Vrouwe Gasthuis, Postbus 95500, 1090 HM, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. petervanluijk@gmail.com
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D000293:Adolescent; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001416:Back Pain / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D003646:Debridement; D005260:Female; D005436:Floxacillin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D012008:Recurrence; D012600:Scoliosis / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000601:surgery*; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus; D013530:Surgical Wound Infection / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000601:surgery*; D016896:Treatment Outcome
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D005436:Floxacillin