An MRI discovered that Smith had vertebral osteomyelitis, a condition that is fatal for two out of 10 patients— and in her case it was dangerously advanced. “One or two more days at home and ...

Also known as spondylodiscitis, osteomyelitis is a common spinal infection affecting adults. It affects your vertebrae. This condition will also affect the discs in between vertebrae, known as ...

Surgical treatment yielded better 1-year outcomes for patients with vertebral osteomyelitis compared with nonoperative treatment. Nonoperative treatment was an independent risk factor for ...

The Selling Sunset star, 46, posted an upbeat photo on Instagram on Friday, as she continues to recover from osteomyelitis, a painful infection that spread from her bloodstream to her spine.

shows that spine disease, once considered a rarity in chronic recurrent multifocal osteomyelitis, affects as many as 10-35% of patients and is asymptomatic in one-third (Abstract #1942).

In the case of native vertebral Osteomyelitis, known as hematogenous Osteomyelitis, surgical debridement is rare except if there are neurological complications that require relief of spinal cord ...

Three days later, he developed low back pain associated with fever. The next day, he developed numbness and weakness of both legs. Diskitis and Vertebral Osteomyelitis: Axial MRIs of the Lumbar Spine ...

A 77-year-old man with diabetes presented with a four-day history of fever and worsening left-sided neck and shoulder pain accompanied by numbness and paresthesias in the fingers of the hand on ...

It was only then when she was diagnosed with vertebral osteomyelitis following an MRI scan. Amanza told People: "I thought I had a backache, and I almost died. The doctors and my friend saved my ...