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Is It Appropriate to Insert Pedicle Screws at an Infected Vertebral Body in the Treatment of Lumbar Pyogenic Spondylodiscitis?

요추부 화농성 척추염의 수술적 치료: 이환된 추체에 척추경 나사 고정이 타당한가?

  • Na, Hwa-Yeop (Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Bundang Jesaeng Hospital) ;
  • Jung, Yu-Hun (Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Bundang Jesaeng Hospital) ;
  • Lee, Joo-Young (Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Bundang Jesaeng Hospital) ;
  • Kim, Hyung-Do (Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Bundang Jesaeng Hospital)
  • Received : 2021.01.25
  • Accepted : 2021.04.29
  • Published : 2021.10.30
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Abstract

Purpose: In the surgical treatment of pyogenic lumbar spondylodiscitis, screw insertion at the affected vertebra has been avoided because of biofilm formation, and the risk of infection recurrence. The authors analyzed the success rate of infection treatment while minimizing the number of instrumented segments by inserting pedicle screws into the affected vertebrae. Therefore, this study examined the usefulness of this technique. Materials and Methods: From January 2000 to June 2018, among patients with pyogenic lumbar spondylodiscitis treated surgically, group A consisted of patients with pedicle screws inserted directly at the affected vertebrae (28 cases), and group B underwent fusion by inserting screws at the adjacent normal vertebrae due to bone destruction of the affected vertebral pedicle (20 cases). The classified clinical results were analyzed retrospectively. All patients were treated via the posterior-only approach, so the affected disc and sequestrum were removed. Posterior interbody fusion was performed with an autogenous strut bone graft, and the segments were then stabilized with pedicle screw systems. The hospitalization period, operation time, amount of blood loss, EQ-5D index, duration of intravenous antibiotics, and the clinical and radiological results were analyzed. Results: In group A, the number of instrumented segments, operation time, blood loss, and EQ-5D index at one month postoperatively showed significant improvement compared to group B. There were no significant differences in the duration of antibiotic use, hospitalization, radiological bone union time, sagittal angle correction rate, and recurrence rate. Conclusion: Minimal segmental fixation, in which pedicle screws were inserted directly into the affected vertebrae through the posterior approach, reduced the surgery time and blood loss, preserved the lumbar motion by minimizing fixed segments and showed rapid recovery without spreading or recurrence of infection. Therefore, this procedure recommended for the surgical treatment of lumbar pyogenic spondyodiscitis.

목적: 화농성 요추부 추체 감염의 수술적 치료 시 이환된 추체에 척추경 나사를 삽입하는 수술법은 균막의 형성 및 감염 치료 실패의 위험성으로 기피되었다. 저자들은 이환된 추체에 척추경 나사를 삽입하여 고정 분절수를 최소화하면서도 감염 치료에 성공하였는바, 이를 분석하여 해당 술식의 유용성에 대하여 알아보고자 하였다. 대상 및 방법: 2000년 1월부터 2018년 6월까지 본원 척추센터에서 제1저자에 의해 수술적으로 치료한 화농성 요추부 척추 감염 환자 중, 이환된 추체에 직접 척추경 나사를 삽입하여 유합술을 시행한 환자군을 그룹 A, 이환된 추체 척추경의 골파괴 소견으로 인접 정상 추체에 척추경 나사를 삽입하여 유합술을 시행한 환자군을 그룹B로 분류하여 임상적 결과를 후향적으로 연구하였다. 모든 환자들은 후방 접근법으로 수술하였으며, 이환된 추간판을 제거하고 부골화된 추체의 소파술 및 추체 간 자가 지주골 이식술 후 척추경 나사 고정술을 시행한 48예(그룹A 28예, 그룹B 20예)를 대상으로 두 그룹 간의 입원 기간, 수술 시간, 출혈량 및 수술 후 1개월째 EQ-5D 지수, 주사 항생제 투여 기간, 혈액학적 결과, 임상적 결과, 방사선학적 결과를 종합적으로 분석하였다. 결과: 그룹 A에서 고정 분절 수, 수술 시간, 출혈량 및 술 후 1개월째 EQ-5D 지수에서 그룹 B에 비하여 통계적으로 유의하게 향상된 결과를 보였으며, 항생제 사용 기간, 입원 기간, 방사선학적 골유합의 시기, 시상각의 교정률 및 재발률에서는 유의한 차이를 보이지 않았다. 결론: 후방 도달법을 통한 이환된 추체에 직접 척추경 나사를 삽입하는 최소 분절 고정술은 수술 시간 및 출혈량이 줄어들고, 고정분절을 최소화하여 요추부의 운동성을 보전하면서도, 감염의 확산이나 재발 없이 빠른 회복을 보였기에, 요추부 화농성 척추염 환자의 수술적 치료 시 권장할 만한 술식으로 생각된다.

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