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 PAGE \* MERGEFORMAT 19 Old spinal diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis [Keywords:] old tuberculosis, imaging, treatment principles In recent years, with the increasing mobility of the population and an aging population, the incidence of tuberculosis is gradually increased, particularly in young patients with tuberculosis in the elderly population there is a growing trend. First national prevalence rate of tuberculosis disease patients survey showed that 65 to 69 age group the prevalence of tuberculosis is equivalent to 14 age group 0 to 2 to 3 times, and sputum smear-positive rate is equivalent to 15 to 19 age group of 2 to 15 times [1]. Tuberculosis of lung manifestations to the most common spinal tuberculosis. old spinal tuberculosis and treatment of clinical manifestations and young adults are not the same place, on the basis of the chemotherapy, aggressive surgical treatment can shorten the treatment period, reduction of the common postoperative complication in elderly patients disease, the treatment of spinal tuberculosis has become a trend for senior citizens [2 5]. senior clinical manifestations of spinal tuberculosis and positive signs of old age slow onset of spinal tuberculosis, systemic symptoms hidden, due to the slow onset of elderly patients with spinal tuberculosis, the symptoms are subtle, large Most difficult to detect in the early lesions [6]. mainly local pain and limited mobility as the main performance spine, less fever, night sweats and other youth kyphosis typical clinical presentation of spinal tuberculosis, which many elderly patients with poor systemic reactions related to the performance of the whole body except lighter TB symptoms, the result of tuberculosis in the uniformity of spread within the vertebral body, spinal tuberculosis in elderly patients with poor bone tissue repair and regeneration on the basis of osteoporosis, all vertebral tuberculosis vertebral bone destruction could easily lead to the level of compression