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

Daniel DubinskiSae-Yeon WonFee KeilBedjan BehmaneshMax DoschPeter BaumgartenJoshua D BernstockVolker SeifertThomas M FreimanFlorian Gessler

Published in: European journal of trauma and emergency surgery : official publication of the European Trauma Society (2021)

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.

Keyphrases

pulmonary embolism
risk factors
inferior vena cava
minimally invasive
patients undergoing
coronary artery bypass
coronary artery disease
acute coronary syndrome
percutaneous coronary intervention
case control
surgical site infection