A rare agent of spondylodiscitis in adult patient: Salmonella enteritidis

Salmonella infections are a public health problem in Turkey,as all over the world. Salmonella spp. can causevery different infections such as gastroenteritis, typhoidparatyphoidfever, bacteremia, local metastatic infectionsand chronic carriage. Salmonella spondylodiscitis occursrarely in the adult population. In this case report, we havepresented a 66 years old female patient followed with thediagnosis of rheumatoid arthritis and treated with prednisolone.The patient had a new diagnosis of Salmonellaenteritidis and we aimed to discuss similar cases by theculture of lumbar empyema culture ampiciline, cefotaxime,trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole, ciprofloxacin was revealedthe presence of resistant S.enteritidis. The patienthas received ciprofloxacin 2x200 mg per day for 3 weeksas intravenous. And patient was discharged with advice ofusing ciprofloxacin as per oral long three months

Çocuklarda minimal invazif bir yöntem ile gergin kord serbestleştirilmesi : teknik not

Gergi omurilik serbestleştirilmesi pediatrik nöroşirurjide yaygın olarak yapılmaktadır. Günümüzde minimal invazif yöntemler gittikçe artan bir ilgi görmektedir. Cerrahi uygularken giriş yollarına en az hasar verilmesi ve normal dokunun azami korunması amaç olmuştur. Bizde günümüzde gergin omurilik sendromunun cerrahi tedavisinde uygulanan pek çok yöntemlerden farklı olarak olgudan hiçbir doku çıkartılmadan kordun serbestleştirilmesini sağlayan bir yöntemi tanıtmayı amaçladık. Bu yaklaşımın temel avantajı işlemin 2 cm kesi ile yapılması, ligamentum flavum ve lamina gibi kemik yapıların korunması ve buna bağlı gelişebilen skar dokusunun azalmasıdır.Teknik not: Olgu sitting-prone pozisyonda operasyon masasına alındı ve skopi ile L5-S1 mesafesi belirlendi. Orta hattın 0.5 cm lateralinden 2 cm vertikal kesi sonrasında cilt ve cilt altı dokular geçildi. L5 laminası rehberliğinde L5-S1 mesafesi ve mesafeyi örten ligamentum flavum ortaya kondu. Mikroskop çekildi ve Williams Ekartörü mesafeye yerleştirildi. Buraya kadarki işlemler disk cerrahisiyle aynıydı. Mikroskop altında flavum'a vertikal kesi yapılarak her iki dudağı sırtlarındaki dokuya basit sütür ile asılarak duranın rahat görünümü sağlandı. 0.5 cm'lik vertikal kesi ile tekal sak açıldı. Sinir oku yardımıyla filum bulunarak serbestleştirildi. Dura primer olarak mikro cerrahi enstrümanları ile dikildi ve üzerine flavum tekrar serildi.Tethered cord release is commonly performed in pediatric neurosurgery. Nowadays, minimally invasive procedures are created growing interest due to its highly tolerable nature for surgery. It has been main purpose a minimal damaging on access route and maximum protection of normal structures in surgery. We present a surgical treatment of tethered cord syndrome, by which is provided the cord releasing unlike the many methods being applied with tissue removal. The main advantage of performing this surgery through 2 cm hole is to avoid removing ligamentum flavum and bony structure like lamina in addition to reduce the length of the incision and the related scar tissue. J Clin Exp Invest 2014; 5 (1): 115-117Technical note: the patient was taken on the operating table in the sitting-prone position, and L5-S1 distance was determined by fluoroscopy. The skin and subcutaneous tissues was passed via a 2 cm vertical incision settled in 0.5 cm laterally from midline. L5-S1 distance and its covering ligamentum flavum are displayed by the guidance of L5 lamina. Williams's retractor was placed in the distance after fetching microscope. The foregoing procedures are the same with microdiscectomic surgery. By a vertical incision made on the flavum, its both layer was lifted up and hanged with simple suture on the back tissue for a comfortable exposure of the Dura. Thecal sac was opened by 0.5 cm long vertical incision on the Dura after obtaining secure CSF drainage with the help of yellowtipped syringe needle. With finding by a nerve hook, the phylum was burned and released securely. Then the Dura was sutured primarily for the closure by means of microsurgery instruments, and flavum was laid on it again