Kyphoplasty in the setting of corynebacterium striatum septicemia with postoperative osteomyelitis requiring salvage vertebrectomy: a case report

While current cases in literature discuss the infectious risk of KP, this case emphasizes the extended time in which osteomyelitis can recur in patient with systemic infections. Care must be taken preoperatively and perioperatively to ensure there is minimal risk of further bacterial seeding into implanted materials. Preoperative infection status should be monitored via blood culture and inflammatory markers. Preoperative and perioperative antibiotics should be administered and perioperative cultures should be collected in case of postoperative infection. Further cases, prospective, and retrospective studies are necessary to fully understand the adequate guidelines to performing KP in the setting of systemic infection.