THE PROBLEM OF DIABETES IN THE TREATMENT OF VERTEBRAL INFECTION

Abstract

The study included 88 patients with vertebral infection (nonspecific spinal osteomyelitis – M46.3, spinal epidural abscess – G06.1), of which 24 (27.3%) had diabetes. If the patient had impaired glucose metabolism, the lethality increased by 3.9 times. A key factor in the development of severe neurological deficit in patients with vertebral infection was the combination of epiduritis and diabetes. With the help of cluster analysis, it was found that the highest mortality (45%) is observed in patients who, in addition to the inflammatory focus in the spine, had diabetes, coronary heart disease and nephropathy.