Study design: Case report with a review of scientific literature. Objective: To describe the course of tuberculous spinal disease (Pott's disease) complicated by pyogenic and tuberculous empyema, and ...

From the Lakeville State Sanatorium, Middleboro, Mass. Alpert, Louis — Assistant Physician at Lakeville State Sanatorium, Middleboro, Massachusetts. For record and address of author see "This Week's ...

Suppurative psoas abscess is an unusual lesion that is unfamiliar to many orthopaedic specialists, which can make an accurate and timely diagnosis problematic. The symptoms associated with this ...

Bacteria reach the epidural space through either hematogenous dissemination (commonly due to bloodstream infection associated with a central venous catheter, intravenous drug use, or catheter-related ...

Surat: It was a rare surgery, a first of its kind at the Civil Hospital in Bharuch. But the doctors took up the challenge and around 1.75 litres pus was removed from the psoas abscess of an ...

A spinal abscess may cause local or radiating back pain, fever, and neurological symptoms. Early diagnosis and treatment are vital for improving a person’s outlook. A spinal cord abscess involves a ...