[Retracted] The Percutaneous Endoscopic Lumbar Debridement and Irrigation Drainage Technique for the First-Stage Treatment of Spontaneous Lumbar Spondylodiscitis: A Clinical Retrospective Study

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A 30-year-old man suffered from low back pain and right lower extremity numbness with lumbar spondylodiscitis. Preoperative MRI (a, b) and cross-sectional CT (c) showed psoas major abscess, epidural abscess, and vertebral bone destruction with nerve compression. Pola type C3. (d) The first-stage treatment with PELDID was performed, and lumbar tuberculosis was diagnosed by gene chip sequencing technology. (e, f) MRI of the lumbar spine after removal of the drainage tube 2 weeks after surgery showed that the abscess of the psoas major disappeared, and the abscess in the spinal canal improved significantly. Pola type B2 type. Antituberculosis drugs and braces were given. (g, h) MRI of the lumbar spine at the last follow-up showed that the psoas abscess and the intraspinal abscess disappeared.

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