1. Spinal infection multidisciplinary management project (SIMP): from diagnosis to treatment guideline
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F. Facchini, Giovanni Barbanti-Brodano, Fabio Tumietto, R. Bacchin, Cristina Nanni, Luca Boriani, Eugenio Rimondi, Pierluigi Viale, Ugo Albisinni, S Bonarelli, Stefano Fanti, Stefano Bandiera, Simone Colangeli, Alessandro Gasbarrini, Eleonora Zamparini, Rosanna Ciminari, Riccardo Ghermandi, L. Babbi, Alessandro Corghi, Vincenzo Allegri, A. Morigi, M. Difiore, Francesco Cristini, Maria Cristina Malaguti, Stefano Boriani, J. Frugiuele, Giada Rorato, G. Marinacci, Luca Amendola, Silvia Terzi, Caterina Salvadori, Gasbarrini A, Boriani L, Nanni C, Zamparini E, Rorato G, Ghermandi R, Salvadori C, Allegri V, Bandiera S, Barbanti-Brodano G, Colangeli S, Corghi A, Terzi S, Babbi L, Amendola L, Cristini F, Marinacci G, Tumietto F, Ciminari R, Malaguti MC, Rimondi E, Difiore M, Bacchin R, Facchini F, Frugiuele J, Morigi A, Albisinni U, Bonarelli S, Fanti S, Viale P, and Boriani S
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Spondylodiscitis ,Adult ,Male ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Discitis ,Immunology ,Guidelines as Topic ,Young Adult ,Multidisciplinary approach ,Fluorodeoxyglucose F18 ,Antibiotic therapy ,Immunology and Allergy ,Medicine ,Vertebral osteomyelitis ,Humans ,Medical physics ,Prospective Studies ,Prospective cohort study ,Aged ,Pharmacology ,Aged, 80 and over ,business.industry ,Osteomyelitis ,Extremely Helpful ,Guideline ,Middle Aged ,medicine.disease ,Bone Diseases, Infectious ,Magnetic Resonance Imaging ,Spine ,Surgery ,Anti-Bacterial Agents ,Positron-Emission Tomography ,Female ,Spinal Diseases ,spondylodiscitis ,Radiopharmaceuticals ,business ,Tomography, X-Ray Computed - Abstract
Spine infections require a multidisciplinary approach to be treated and solved. A guide line to drive physicians in the deep complexity of such a disease is extremely helpful. SIMP suggests a flow-chart built up on clear concepts such as right and well managed antibiotic therapy, sound stability of the spine, correct and smart use of the standard and functional imaging techniques, such as f18 FDG PET/CT. In 16 months a total of 41 patients have been treated for spondylodiscitis, discitis and vertebral osteomyelitis by our team of physicians and 25 patients have been enrolled in a prospective study whose target is the assessment of the SIMP flow-chart and of every single aspect that characterize it.
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- 2011