Surgical treatment for spinal tuberculosis includes focal tuberculosis debridement, segmental stability reconstruction, neural decompression and kyphotic deformity correction. For the lesions mainly involved anterior and middle column of the spine, anterior operation of debridement and fusion with internal fixation has been becoming the most frequently used surgical technique for the spinal tub...

STUDY DESIGN This is a prospective study. PURPOSE The aim of this study was to investigate the results of single-staged posterior decompression and circumferential fusion using a transpedicular approach to correct a kyphotic deformity due to thoracolumbar spinal tuberculosis. OVERVIEW OF LITERATURE Surgical management is frequently an imperative choice to achieve spinal decompression and de...

This retrospective study investigated the impact of endplate fracture on postoperative vertebral height loss and kyphotic deformity in 144 patients with osteoporotic vertebral compression fracture (OVCF), who received balloon kyphoplasty. Patients were divided into four groups: Group 1 had no superior endplate fracture, Group 2 had fractures on the anterior portion of the superior endplate, Gro...

High-speed drill is the main osteotomy instrument in pedicle subtraction osteotomy (PSO) currently. Considering the long duration of surgery, the large amount of blood loss, and the high incidence of neurovascular injury, the osteotomy procedure is challenging. Use of trephine for the osteotomy displays high efficiency by shortening surgery time and reducing blood loss in anterior cervical corp...

Objective: This study aims to observe the efficacy of single posterior vertebral osteotomy and the debridement treatment of the active stage of thoracolumbar tuberculosis complicated with kyphosis deformity, and to determine whether the current shortened spinal cord would be further shortened after osteotomy. Methods: A retrospective analysis was conducted on 32 patients who were treated from 2...

Outcome measures Radiographs were measured pre-and postoperatively. Shortening at the frontal side of the canal in the osteotomised vertebra and between top Th10 to bottom L2 was measured as was the ventral side of the column Th10-L2. Correction of sagittal curve Th10-L2 was measured. Preoperative SF36 and VAS for pain and fatigue were compared with follow-up. Methods 21 adults with a kyphotic ...

vertebral anomalies may also distort the normal regional or global spinal alignment and necessitate some therapeutic interventions. hemiepiphysiodesis is a traditional procedure usually described for these young patients but in more severe cases some type of osteotomy seems to be necessary. in this technical note, we describe a 5-year-old boy with failed previous hemiepiphysiodesis surgery, who...

BACKGROUND Osteoporotic vertebral compression fracture is the leading cause of disability and morbidity in elderly people. Treatment of this condition remains a challenge. Osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures can be managed with various approaches, but each has limitations. In this study, we compared the clinical outcomes obtained using short-segment fixation with intravertebral expanda...

Vertebral anomalies may also distort the normal regional or global spinal alignment and necessitate some therapeutic interventions. Hemiepiphysiodesis is a traditional procedure usually described for these young patients but in more severe cases some type of osteotomy seems to be necessary. In this technical note, we describe a 5-year-old boy with failed previous hemiepiphysiodesis surgery, who...

Tuberculosis of the spine is a very frequent case in the practice of spine surgeons in the developing world, and is set to pose a challenge to the developed world in near future. Only anterior surgery seems to be falling short in potential for correction of the kyphotic deformity as well as of preventing gradual collapse later on. Posterior fixation has shown an excellent potential for correcti...