TY - JOUR AU - Tsai, Tsung-Ting AU - Yang, Shih-Chieh AU - Niu, Chi-Chien AU - Lai, Po-Liang AU - Lee, Ming-Hsun AU - Chen, Lih-Huei AU - Chen, Wen-Jer PY - 2017 DA - 2017/04/27 TI - Early surgery with antibiotics treatment had better clinical outcomes than antibiotics treatment alone in patients with pyogenic spondylodiscitis: a retrospective cohort study JO - BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders SP - 175 VL - 18 IS - 1 AB - Pyogenic spondylodiscitis is a form of spinal infection that can result in severe back pain and even death. However, information is lacking on the relative effectiveness of various therapies. A retrospective chart review was conducted to investigate whether early surgical treatment of pyogenic spondylodiscitis coupled with intravenous antibiotics results in better patient prognoses than intravenous antibiotics therapy alone. SN - 1471-2474 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s12891-017-1533-1 DO - 10.1186/s12891-017-1533-1 ID - Tsai2017 ER -