Answer to the Letter to the Editor of S. Huang et al. concerning "New classification for the treatment of pyogenic spondylodiscitis: validation study on a population of 250 patients with a follow-up of 2 years" by Enrico Pola et al. Eur Spine J (2017) doi:10.1007/s00586-017-5043-5

Affiliations

¹ Spinal Unit, Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Fondazione Policlinico "A. Gemelli" University Hospital, Catholic University of Rome, Largo A. Gemelli, 8, 00168, Rome, Italy. enrico.pola@tiscali.it.
² Spinal Unit, Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Fondazione Policlinico "A. Gemelli" University Hospital, Catholic University of Rome, Largo A. Gemelli, 8, 00168, Rome, Italy.
³ Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, "Umberto I" University Hospital, La Sapienza University of Rome, 00185, Rome, Italy.
⁴ Department of Infectious Diseases, Fondazione Policlinico "A. Gemelli" University Hospital, Catholic University of Rome, 00168, Rome, Italy.

Comment

Enrico Pola et al. Eur Spine J. 2017 Sep.

. 2017 Sep;26(9):2476-2477.

doi: 10.1007/s00586-017-5162-z. Epub 2017 May 30.

¹ Spinal Unit, Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Fondazione Policlinico "A. Gemelli" University Hospital, Catholic University of Rome, Largo A. Gemelli, 8, 00168, Rome, Italy. enrico.pola@tiscali.it.
² Spinal Unit, Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Fondazione Policlinico "A. Gemelli" University Hospital, Catholic University of Rome, Largo A. Gemelli, 8, 00168, Rome, Italy.
³ Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, "Umberto I" University Hospital, La Sapienza University of Rome, 00185, Rome, Italy.
⁴ Department of Infectious Diseases, Fondazione Policlinico "A. Gemelli" University Hospital, Catholic University of Rome, 00168, Rome, Italy.

No abstract available

Comment on

New classification for the treatment of pyogenic spondylodiscitis: validation study on a population of 250 patients with a follow-up of 2 years.
Pola E, Autore G, Formica VM, Pambianco V, Colangelo D, Cauda R, Fantoni M. Pola E, et al. Eur Spine J. 2017 Oct;26(Suppl 4):479-488. doi: 10.1007/s00586-017-5043-5. Epub 2017 Mar 21. Eur Spine J. 2017. PMID: 28324216
Letter to the Editor concerning "New classification for the treatment of pyogenic spondylodiscitis: validation study on a population of 250 patients with a follow-up of 2 years" by Enrico Pola et al. Eur Spine J (2017) doi:10.1007/s00586-017-5043-5.
Chu G, Wu D, Huang S. Chu G, et al. Eur Spine J. 2017 Sep;26(9):2475. doi: 10.1007/s00586-017-5160-1. Epub 2017 Jun 7. Eur Spine J. 2017. PMID: 28593378 No abstract available.