Related Experiment Video
Updated: Feb 16, 2026
Diagnosis and Surgical Treatment of Human Brucellar Spondylodiscitis
Published on: May 23, 2021
Hemodialysis-Associated Spondylodiscitis of the Cervical Spine: A Case Report
K Aaron Shaw1, Shawn E Boomsma, Peter C Johnson
1Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Dwight D. Eisenhower Army Medical Center, 300 East Hospital Road, Fort Gordon, GA 30905. kenneth.a.shaw34.mil@mail.mil.
Case:
A fifty-seven-year-old, hemodialysis-dependent man presented with a one-month history of progressive neck pain and paresthesias of the upper extremities. Radiographic examination demonstrated collapse of the C5 and C6 vertebrae with resultant kyphosis and spinal cord compression.
Conclusion:
The patient underwent a staged anterior debridement with C5 and C6 corpectomies, cage placement, and plate fixation of C4 to C7, followed by a posterior arthrodesis from C4 to C7. He completed a six-week course of intravenous antibiotics for the treatment of Staphylococcus epidermidis spondylodiscitis, followed by suppressive oral antibiotics. At one year of follow-up, he had no residual neck pain or neurological signs or symptoms.