A case series found that skin-stretching external fixation devices coupled with negative pressure wound therapy was effective in treating large skin defects, suggesting that this method may be a ...

Tsukuba, Japan—Pyogenic spondylodiscitis is a disease caused by bacterial infections of the spine and intervertebral discs. Disease progression can lead to lower back pain, numbness, and paralysis of ...

Researchers at the University of Tsukuba investigated the mechanism by which posterior spinal fixation, a technique that fixes the infected vertebrae by sandwiching them between normal vertebrae, ...