Even in an era of remarkable medical advances, there is an issue of why tuberculosis remains in the list of disastrous diseases, afflicting humans and causing suffering. There has not been a plausible answer to this, and it has been suggested that clinicians and medical scientists could presently not win the war against the tubercle bacilli. With regards to this issue, based on the authors' own...

Background: Spinal cord injury is not only caused by trauma but also non-trauma, such as spinal epidural abscess (SEA). Tuberculous SEA a rare infectious disorder, delayed diagnosis associated with morbidity and mortality. The problems of tuberculous infection neurological deficit, axial back pain, pathological fracture, deformity, socioeconomic psychogenic problem. There are few cases Mycobact...

BACKGROUND There are quite a few controversies on the surgical management of single-segment thoracic spinal tuberculosis with neurological deficits (STSTND). In this study, the clinical efficacy and feasibility of one-stage posterior-only transpedicular debridement, interbody fusion, and posterior instrumentation for treating STSTND in adults were retrospectively evaluated. METHODS Thirty-fou...

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.

Tuberculosis of spine is prevalent in developing countries and is considered a disease affecting people from low socioeconomic groups [1-9]. Over the period of last three to four decades, chemotherapy for tuberculosis and various advanced surgical options which include fixation of the spinal segments with newer prosthetic implants have changed the outlook [1, 10]. Another new development in the...

We report 36 cases of spinal tuberculosis who were evaluated at the Internal Medicine Department of Istanbul University between January 1990 and March 2016. Twelve cases were accompanied by active pulmonary tuberculosis while ten patients had a previous history of tuberculosis. Eight patients had diabetes mellitus; six patients were on chronic steroid treatment with a mean dose of 24 mg/day whi...

Despite of the fact that the earliest cases of Spinal Tuberculosis date from 2400 BC, the first modern description was made in 1779 by Sir Percival Pott in the European population. The improvement of public health measures and the introduction of effective anti-tuberculosis drugs have made the infection virtually eradicated in developed countries. However, migration phenomena, the infection by ...