OBJECTIVES To describe a large series of patients with vertebral osteomyelitis (VO), and to compare the clinical ... duration of symptoms before the diagnosis was 14 (16.8) weeks. In 127 patients ...

Medically reviewed by Jennifer Steinhoff, MD A pinched nerve in the lower back occurs when excessive pressure is applied to a ...

Osteomyelitis is an uncommon but serious type of bone infection that develops when bacteria enter the bone. Your jawbone could become infected after dental surgery if you have a serious dental ...

Diagnosis involves a physical examination, a review of medical history, blood work, and imaging studies. Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a type of inflammatory arthritis. RA causes chronic inflammation ...

Most human studies recommend that if surgery is performed, it is done within 24 h of diagnosis (28, 30, 32–35). However, conservative management can be successful (27, 28, 30, 33, 36–38), particularly ...

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