Rare surgical procedures: Spinal Osteomyelitis and surgery

Osteomyelitis is commonly the spinal infection to explain in detail vertebral osteomyelitis refers to an infection of the vertebral body in the spine. It is sometimes a rare reason for the back pain most probably in healthy adults. Generally, the infection is spread through the vascular route.

The symptoms of the vertebral osteomyelitis include,

• Back pain
• Unexplained weight loss
• Excessive sweating
• Fever
• Chills
• Fatigue
• Pain around the area of infection
• Inflammation around the area of infection.
• Torticollis

Tests and diagnosis include, 

•   Blood tests- complete blood count is done to detect the infection
•   Erythrocyte sedimentation 
•  C-reactive protein determination
•   Radioistopic bone scanning

Surgery:

• In the cases were the prosthetic joint get infected surgery shall be performed to remove the infected join and replace it with prosthetics.
• In situation were the large number of bones get infected surgery to be performed to remove the infected bone tissue.