CORset Versus OstéoSynthese in Adult Pyogenic Spondylodiscitis

Exclusion Criteria

• •postoperative pyogenic spondylitis or infection after spinal instrumentation spinal tuberculosis and mycosis
• •contra-indications for surgery or general anaesthesia
• •general septic conditions acute endocarditis documented by sonography
• •patients presenting another major abcess or an epidural abscess
• •Absence of vertebral body involvement (osteolysis) on CT or minor VB involvement less than 10% of VB height (surgery not indicated)
• •Major destruction of vertebral body (\>50%) on CT (surgery mandatory) Patients with concomitant bacterial endocarditis