Surgical Approaches in Management of Spinal Tuberculosis

Anterior spinal surgery alone in the surgical treatment of thoracolumbar spinal tuberculosis: a prospective study

 Background: One of the important sites for extrapulmonary TB involvement is the skeleton. Tuberculous spondylitis (Pott’s disease) comprises 50-70% of the skeletal tuberculosis. Methods: In this case series study, we prospectively investigated the result of anterior surgery alone (anterior debridement, fusion and instrumentation) in the patients with spinal tuberculosis. The patients with imma...

The surgical management of spinal tuberculosis in children and adolescents

Surgical management of spinal tuberculosis in Papua New Guinea.

Two cases of spinal tuberculosis (TB) presented with deteriorating myelopathy despite chemotherapy. Surgery of anterior decompression and fusion was successfully carried out resulting in both the patients ambulating and being continent on discharge. This highlights the importance of early surgery and a multidisciplinary approach to the management of this condition.

Anterior surgical interventions in spinal tuberculosis.

OBJECTIVE To evaluate and compare the effectiveness of the modified Hong Kong procedure performed with and without additional instrumentation, in terms of improvement in neurological and kyphotic disabilities in spinal tuberculosis. STUDY DESIGN Quasi-experimental study. PLACE AND DURATION OF STUDY Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Rawalpindi General Hospital, Rawalpindi, from June 1999 to...

Surgical Management of Spinal Chondrosarcomas.

STUDY DESIGN An ambispective cohort study. OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to determine whether the application of the Enneking classification in the management of spinal chondrosarcomas influences local recurrence and survival. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA Primary spinal chondrosarcomas are rare. Best available evidence is based on small case series, thus making it difficult to determine...