Clinical Trial: Posterior Transforaminal Debridement and Fusion Without Costotransversectomy for Thoracic Pyogenic Vertebral Osteomyelitis

U.S., Sept. 15 -- ClinicalTrials.gov registry received information related to the study (NCT07817927) titled 'Posterior Transforaminal Debridement and Fusion Without Costotransversectomy for Thoracic Pyogenic Vertebral Osteomyelitis' on July 19.

Brief Summary: This is a multicenter prospective randomized controlled trial comparing two posterior surgical approaches for thoracic pyogenic vertebral osteomyelitis (PVO). Eighty-nine patients from four hospitals were randomized 1:1 to either posterior transforaminal debridement and interbody fusion (PTDIF) with preservation of the posterior ligamentous complex, or posterolateral debridement and interbody fusion (PLDIF) which requires resection of the posterior ligamentous complex, proximal rib, ...