Table 3 Meta-analysis concerning the diagnostic yield of disco-vertebral biopsy for pyogenic vertebral osteomyelitis
References | Number of patients included | Type of study | Study of predictive positive factors of DVB | % of positive DVB | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Osenbach 1990 [26] | 40 | Retrospective | Multicentric | No | 90% (36/40) |
Bontoux 1992 [27] | 82 | Retrospective | Monocentric | No | 47.5% (19/40) |
Perronne 1994 [28] | 39 | Retrospective | Monocentric | No | 74% (29/39) |
Torda 1995 [29] | 15 | Retrospective | Monocentric | No | 73% (11/15) |
Fouquet 1996 [30] | 67 | Retrospective | Monocentric | No | 51% (34/67) |
Rieneck 1996 [31] | 14 | Retrospective | Monocentric | No | 57% (8/14) |
Honan 1996 [32] | 12 | Retrospective | Monocentric | No | 83% (10/12) |
Carragee 1997 [33] | 44 | Retrospective | Monocentric | No | 61% (27/44) |
Jensen 1998 [34] | 133 | Retrospective | Multicentric | No | 40% (53/133) |
Hadjipavlou 2000 [35] | 21 | Prospective | Monocentric | No | 57% (12/21) |
Lucio 2000 [25] | 20 | Retrospective | Monocentric | No | 75% (15/20) |
Chew 2001 [3] | 43 | Retrospective | Multicentric | No | 91% (39/43) |
Ben Taarit 2002 [36] | 21 | Retrospective | Monocentric | No | 48% (10/21) |
Mc Henry 2002 [7] | 253a | Retrospective | Multicentric | No | 69% (86/124) |
Nolla 2002 [37] | 21 | Retrospective | Monocentric | No | 52% (11/21) |
Cherasse 2003 [38] | 35 | Retrospective | Monocentric | No | 69% (24/35) |
Rankine 2004 [24] | 20 | Retrospective | Monocentric | No | 40% (8/20) |
Mylona 2008 [22] | NA | NA | NA | No | 79% |
D’agostino 2010 [39] | 81 | Retrospective | Monocentric | No | 76% (62/81) |
Rio 2014 [40] | 58 | Retrospective | Monocentric | No | 64% (37/58) |
Gras 2014 [13] | 136 | Retrospective | Multicentric | Yes | 43% (59/136) |