Spinal tuberculosis: beware the posterior elements

Posterior Spinal Tuberculosis: A Review

Natural history of posterior spinal tuberculosis has been described. Classifications of the posterior spinal tuberculosis disease process and principles of management based upon the clinical behavior of the disease has been highlighted and emphasized. A thorough review of literature was conducted with the aim to provide the clinicoradiological correlation of the natural history of posterior spi...

Isolated tuberculosis of the posterior spinal elements: case report and discussion of management

In neurologically intact patients with isolated tuberculosis of the posterior spinal elements, surgical intervention can be of benefit in select patients by reducing instability, deformity and late complications.

Posterior spinal tuberculosis: a case report.

Posterior spinal tuberculosis (PST) is a form of skeletal tuberculosis that selectively involves the vertebral arch. Since typical tuberculous spondylitis spreads to involve the adjacent disk spaces while PST does not, the radiographic appearance of PST often mimics skeletal neoplasm. Although PST has been reported in developing countries, particularly India and Pakistan, and among nonwhite imm...

Multifocal Extensive Spinal Tuberculosis Accompanying Isolated Involvement of Posterior Elements - A Case Report

Posterior only debridement and instrumentation in thoracolumbar spinal tuberculosis

Introduction: Spinal tuberculosis is the most common form of skeletal tuberculosis with the dorsolubar region being the most commonly affected region. The most dreaded complication of spinal tuberculosis is tubercular paraplegia seen in around 40% of the cases. There has been controversy regarding the surgical treatment of the disease and also the approach to be used and the use of implants. In...