Abstract
A fifty-seven-year-old, hemodialysis-dependent man presented with a one-month history of progressive neck pain and paresthesias of the upper extremities. Radiographic examination demonstrated collapse of the C5 and C6 vertebrae with resultant kyphosis and spinal cord compression. The patient underwent a staged anterior debridement with C5 and C6 corpectomies, cage placement, and plate fixation of C4 to C7, followed by a posterior arthrodesis from C4 to C7. He completed a six-week course of intravenous antibiotics for the treatment of Staphylococcus epidermidis spondylodiscitis, followed by suppressive oral antibiotics. At one year of follow-up, he had no residual neck pain or neurological signs or symptoms.
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