Severe destruction in vertebral osteomyelitis – risk factors and survival
Multimorbid patients with native VO exhibit more severe bony destruction. These patients are high-risk VO patients with an increased 1-year mortality rate. Therefore an early indication for surgical treatment may proof advantageous.
Authors
- Dorothee Jochimsen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2048-7296)
- Peer Eysel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9929-3370)
- A Hoffmann (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3093-8417)
- Nikolaus Kernich (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8540-5725)
- Ayla Yagdiran (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1723-5995)
- Krishnan Sircar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8865-8795)
- Norma Jung (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5740-0772)
Institutions
- University of Cologne (DE)
- University Hospital Cologne (DE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Infection
- Published
- 2025-11-24
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s15010-025-02701-x
- Primary Topic
- Infectious Diseases and Tuberculosis
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00