Infectious diseases
Diagnostic yield of computed tomography-guided bone biopsy and clinical outcomes of tuberculous and pyogenic spondylitis
Eun-Jeong Joo, Joon-Sup Yeom, Young Eun Ha, So Yeon Park, Chong-Suh Lee, Eun-Sang Kim, Cheol-In Kang, Doo-Ryeon Chung, Jae-Hoon Song, Kyong Ran Peck
Korean J Intern Med. 2016;31(4):762-771. Published online April 15, 2016
Background/Aims: This study aimed to evaluate the efficacy of computed tomography (CT)-guided bone biopsy for the diagnosis of spinal infection and compared the clinical outcomes between tuberculous and pyogenic spinal infections.
Methods: The retrospective cohort study included patients who receiv..
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