Tuberculosis Affecting Multiple Vertebral Bodies
Asian Spine Journal
;
: 222-226, 2013.
Article
in English
| WPRIM
| ID: wpr-195500
ABSTRACT
Spinal tuberculosis usually occurs in a single vertebral body or two to three adjacent vertebrae; it rarely occurs in multiple vertebral bodies. Surgery is indicated in cases that do not improve with conservative therapy, or when paralysis is evident. Two cases regarding patients with spinal tuberculosis in multiple vertebral bodies on whom surgery was performed are reported. Case 1, the patient was a 77-year-old woman with spinal tuberculosis in four vertebral bodies from the lower thoracic to the lumbar spine. As she had pronounced lower back pain, posterolateral fusion with a pedicle screw was performed. Case 2, the patient was a 29-year-old Indonesian man with spinal tuberculosis in 17 vertebral bodies of the spine who was unable to stand due to paralysis of both legs, thus posterolateral fusion with a pedicle screw was performed. Good results were obtained from tuberculostatic drug therapy and surgical instrumentation.
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WPRIM (Western Pacific)
Main subject:
Paraplegia
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Spine
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Surgical Instruments
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Tuberculosis
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Tuberculosis, Spinal
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Low Back Pain
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Antitubercular Agents
Limits:
Adult
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Aged
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Language:
English
Journal:
Asian Spine Journal
Year:
2013
Type:
Article
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