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R Rockney

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PubMed1989

Spinal epidural abscess. An infectious emergency. Case report and review.

Spinal epidural abscess is an unusual disease in the pediatric age group, requires early diagnosis and prompt surgical drainage to insure a good clinical outcome. Back pain and fever are usually the only presenting symptoms occurring before precipitous neurologic deterioration. The causative organism is most often Staphylococcus aureus, which presumably is spread to the epidural space hematogenously. Diagnosis is facilitated by computed tomography (CT) scan, but the entire spine must be imaged by either myelography or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to assess for skip lesions.

Abscess↗
PubMed1988

Newborn circumcision.

Routine circumcision of male newborns continues to be practiced widely in the United States, although many physicians believe there is little medical indication for the procedure. The parents' decision regarding circumcision is often based on inadequate information; however, attempts to provide information to parents have not had much impact on the frequency of circumcision. Many third-party payers have begun to refuse payment for the procedure, and there are indications that this action will diminish the number of circumcisions.

Circumcision, Male↗