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Expert en Médecine, Optimisation des Parcours de Soins et Révision Médicale
Validation scientifique effectuée le 19/03/2026
Contenu vérifié selon les dernières recommandations médicales
6 publications dans cette catégorie
Affiliations :
Division of Musculoskeletal Imaging and Intervention, Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, 55 Fruit Street Yawkey 6E, Boston, MA, 02114, USA. jad.husseini@mgh.harvard.edu.
5 publications dans cette catégorie
Affiliations :
Division of Infectious Diseases, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 02144, USA.
Publications dans "Discite" :
5 publications dans cette catégorie
Affiliations :
Division of Musculoskeletal Imaging and Intervention, Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, 55 Fruit Street - YAW 6046 -, Boston, MA, 02114, USA. cychang@mgh.harvard.edu.
Publications dans "Discite" :
3 publications dans cette catégorie
Affiliations :
Division of Musculoskeletal Imaging and Intervention, Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, 55 Fruit Street - YAW 6046 -, Boston, MA, 02114, USA.
Publications dans "Discite" :
2 publications dans cette catégorie
Affiliations :
Division of Musculoskeletal Imaging and Intervention, Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, 55 Fruit Street - YAW 6046 -, Boston, MA, 02114, USA.
Publications dans "Discite" :
1 publication dans cette catégorie
Affiliations :
Dwight D. Eisenhower Army Medical Center, Internal Medicine Department, Fort Gordon, GA, USA.
Publications dans "Discite" :
1 publication dans cette catégorie
Affiliations :
Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University, Division of Infectious Diseases, Augusta, GA, USA.
Publications dans "Discite" :
1 publication dans cette catégorie
Affiliations :
Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University, Division of Infectious Diseases, Augusta, GA, USA.
Publications dans "Discite" :
1 publication dans cette catégorie
Affiliations :
Department of Neurosurgery, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia.
Publications dans "Discite" :
1 publication dans cette catégorie
Affiliations :
West Virginia University School of Medicine, Morgantown, West Virginia.
Publications dans "Discite" :
1 publication dans cette catégorie
Affiliations :
Department of Orthopaedics, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia.
Publications dans "Discite" :
1 publication dans cette catégorie
Affiliations :
Department of Neurosurgery, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia.
Publications dans "Discite" :
1 publication dans cette catégorie
Affiliations :
Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Therapy, Sultan Agung Islamic Hospital, Medical Faculty, Sultan Agung Islamic University, Semarang, Central Java, Indonesia.
Publications dans "Discite" :
1 publication dans cette catégorie
Affiliations :
Consultant Pain Management Amsterdam UMC, Universitair Medische Centra (VUmc), Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Publications dans "Discite" :
1 publication dans cette catégorie
Affiliations :
Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Therapy, Sultan Agung Islamic Hospital, Medical Faculty, Sultan Agung Islamic University, Semarang, Central Java, Indonesia.
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1 publication dans cette catégorie
Affiliations :
Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Therapy, Klaten Islamic Hospital, Klaten, Indonesia.
Publications dans "Discite" :
1 publication dans cette catégorie
Affiliations :
Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology, Dr. Soeradji Tirtonegoro General Hospital, Klaten, Indonesia / Faculty of Medicine, Public Health, and Nursing, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Yogyakarta, Indonesia.
Publications dans "Discite" :
1 publication dans cette catégorie
Affiliations :
Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Başkent University Adana Dr. Turgut Noyan Application and Research Hospital, Adana, Turkey. gulsendogan@hotmail.com.
Publications dans "Discite" :
1 publication dans cette catégorie
Affiliations :
Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Başkent University Adana Dr. Turgut Noyan Application and Research Hospital, Adana, Turkey.
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1 publication dans cette catégorie
Affiliations :
Department of Neurosurgery, Başkent University Adana Dr. Turgut Noyan Application and Research Hospital, Adana, Turkey.
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Salmonellosis is a common cause of foodborne illness worldwide, manifesting as non-invasive non-typhoidal salmonellosis, invasive non-typhoidal salmonellosis, and typhoid fever. It also rarely present...
Discitis in children is uncommon, typically occurring between the ages of two and eight years. The etiology is not established, but it is generally considered a bacterial infection. Symptoms vary with...
Lumbosacral discitis and osteomyelitis constitute a rare but devastating complication after mesh sacrocolpopexy for pelvic organ prolapse....
We present a case series of 3 patients at a single institution and a literature review of 30 patients suffering from this complication along with presenting symptoms, evaluation with laboratory and im...
Lumbosacral discitis can present after sacrocolpopexy of any route (abdominal, laparoscopic, and robotic) and with various suture types and tacking devices. Patients presented with lower back pain at ...
The majority of cases required both excision of pelvic mesh via laparotomy or laparoscopy in combination with an extended course of intravenous (IV) antibiotics....
The primary goal of this study was to establish the current microbial trends in vertebral osteomyelitis/discitis (VOD) amid the opioid epidemic and to determine if intravenous drug use (IVDU) predispo...
The authors performed a retrospective cohort study consisting of 1175 adult patients diagnosed with VOD between 2011 and 2022 at a single quaternary center. Data were acquired through retrospective ch...
Staphylococcus aureus was the most cultured organism in both the IVDU and non-IVDU groups at 56.1% and 40.7%, respectively. In the IVDU cohort, Serratia marcescens was the next most prevalently cultur...
The present study demonstrates that in the IVDU population S. marcescens is an organism of high concern. The potential for Serratia spp. infection should be accounted for when selecting empirical anti...
Vertebral osteomyelitis/discitis is a relatively rare disease but is a known potential complication of spinal surgical intervention. In general, the first-line treatment for this condition is targeted...
Discitis linked to Pott's spine is an infrequent yet severe issue, especially difficult to manage among elderly individuals due to age-related bodily changes and concurrent health issues. This report ...
BACKGROUND Pyogenic spondylodiscitis is infection of the intervertebral disc or discs and the adjacent vertebrae. This retrospective study aimed to compare the effectiveness of percutaneous endoscopic...
BACKGROUND Infantile spondylodiscitis is a rare condition with a varied clinical presentation. Microbial infection may not always be identified, but early diagnosis and management are required to prev...
Vertebral osteomyelitis and discitis (VOD), an infection of intervertebral discs, often requires spine surgical intervention and timely management to prevent adverse outcomes. Our study aims to develo...
This retrospective study included adult patients (≥18 years) with VOD (ICD-10 diagnosis codes M46.2,3,4,5) treated at a single institution between 01/01/2015 and 12/31/2019. The primary outcome studie...
A total of 1,111 patients were included in this study, among which 30% (n=339) of patients underwent surgical intervention. Age and sex did not significantly differ between the two groups; however, ra...
The XGBoost model reliably predicts the indication for surgical intervention based on several readily available patient demographic information and clinical features. The interpretability of a supervi...
Intramedullary spinal cord abscess is a rare neurological condition, not commonly suspected and often misdiagnosed. Even after a prompt diagnosis and treatment, most patients persist with permanent ne...