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Etiology And Surgical Management Of Cervical Spinal Epidural Abscess (Sea):: A Systematic Review., Justin Iorio, Yusef Mosley, Md, Srinivas Prasad, Joshua Pelta-Heller, Jack Jallo, Soroush Shahrokh, James Harrop Dec 2018

Etiology And Surgical Management Of Cervical Spinal Epidural Abscess (Sea):: A Systematic Review., Justin Iorio, Yusef Mosley, Md, Srinivas Prasad, Joshua Pelta-Heller, Jack Jallo, Soroush Shahrokh, James Harrop

Department of Medicine Faculty Papers

Study Design: Systematic analysis and review.

Objective: Evaluation of the presentation, etiology, management strategies (including both surgical and nonsurgical options), and neurological functional outcomes in patients with cervical spinal epidural abscess (SEA).

Methods: The PRISMA (Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses) criteria were used to create a framework based on which articles pertaining to cervical SEA were chosen for review following a search of the Ovid and PubMed databases using the search terms "epidural abscess" and "cervical." Included studies needed to have at least 4 patients aged 18 years or older, and to have been published within the …