Interbody bone graft and internal fixation of thoracolumbar spinal tuberculosis clinical report.docVIP

 PAGE \* MERGEFORMAT 13 Interbody bone graft and internal fixation of thoracolumbar spinal tuberculosis clinical report Of: Wang plot, Shen Ningjiang, Lin Mingxia, that Carry Lin Qingbiao, Wangxian An, Fu Bo [Abstract] Objective To investigate the thoracic and lumbar tuberculosis interbody fixation over the same period the clinical efficacy and safety. Methods From August 1999 to May 2007 102 patients were treated during the thoracolumbar spinal tuberculosis were treated with the same period before the road or anterior interbody fusion and internal fixation of experience. Results After an average of 18 months follow up, 98 patients were followed up for recurrence of tuberculosis after 2 patients, and the remaining 96 patients with spinal tuberculosis were cured, all bone graft fusion fusion an average of 4.3 months, corrected kyphosis angle of 17 , with 1 case of lower extremity nerve irritation, remove the internal fixation after the symptoms disappeared. Conclusions same interbody fixation of thoracolumbar spinal tuberculosis is safe and effective Early reconstruction of spinal stability in the surgical treatment of spinal tuberculosis is important. [Keywords:] spinal tuberculosis, spinal fusion, fixation, In recent years, the incidence of spinal tuberculosis increased year by year, a considerable part of the result in spinal deformity and paraplegia, caused the patient’s quality of life had a tremendous impact. And clinical thoracic and lumbar tuberculosis on surgical treatment, various reports vary. We passed on the group of cases to conclusion that the same period interbody fusion and internal fixation of thoracolumbar spinal tuberculosis is feasible and safe, on the reconstruction of spinal stability is of great significance. 1 Clinical data 1.1 General information on this group a total of 98 cases of spinal tuberculosis, 66 cases were male and 32 females, aged 16 to 60 years, average 40.2 years old. All the patients were confirmed by X-