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Trial reportPloS one2015

Surgical management for thoracic spinal tuberculosis posterior only versus anterior video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery.

Weiye Zhong, Guangzhong Xiong, Bing Wang, Chang Lu, Zhihui Dai, Guohua Lv

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Trial report in PloS one, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It has been retracted, and should not be counted. Cited by 11 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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11citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
3.8field-weighted citation impact, top 7% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

11 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 25 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Comparison of clinical efficacy and safety among three surgical approaches for the treatment of spinal tuberculosis: a meta-analysis.European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society · 2016
    Pooled it
  2. Severe pulmonary injury leading to death during thoracic rod removal: a case report.European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society · 2020
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  3. Transforaminal Posterior Approach Is Effective for Treatment of Lower Thoracic Spine Spondylodiscitis.HSS journal : the musculoskeletal journal of Hospital for Special Surgery · 2020
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  4. Neurological recovery after early decompression for dorsal Pott's spine.International journal of surgery case reports · 2020
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  6. [Research progress of surgical treatment of thoracolumbar spinal tuberculosis].Zhongguo xiu fu chong jian wai ke za zhi = Zhongguo xiufu chongjian waike zazhi = Chinese journal of reparative and reconstructive surgery · 2018
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Weiye ZhongDepartment of Spinal Surgery, Second Xiangya Hospital and Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, P.R. China.
Guangzhong XiongDepartment of Neurosurgery, Second Xiangya Hospital and Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, P.R. China.
Bing WangDepartment of Spinal Surgery, Second Xiangya Hospital and Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, P.R. China.
Chang LuDepartment of Spinal Surgery, Second Xiangya Hospital and Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, P.R. China.
Zhihui DaiDepartment of Spinal Surgery, Second Xiangya Hospital and Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, P.R. China.
Guohua LvDepartment of Spinal Surgery, Second Xiangya Hospital and Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, P.R. China.
Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University · CNCentral South University · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

STUDY

designA comparable retrospective study. OBJECT: To compare the clinical outcomes of surgical treatment by posterior only and anterior video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery for thoracic spinal tuberculosis (TSTB).

method145 patients with TSTB treated by two different surgical procedures in our institution from June 2001 to June 2014 were studied. All cases were retrospectively analyzed and divided into two groups according to the given treatments: 75 cases (32F/43M) in group A performed single-stage posterior debridement, transforaminal thoracic interbody fusion and instrumentation, and 70 cases (30F/40M) in group B underwent anterior video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS). Clinical and radiographic results in the two groups were analyzed and compared.

resultsPatients in group A and B were followed up for an average of 4.6±1.8, 4.4±1.2 years, respectively. There was no statistically significant difference between groups in terms of the operation time, blood loss, bony fusion, neurological recovery and the correction angle of kyphotic deformity (P>0.05). Fewer pulmonary complications were observed in group A. Good clinical outcomes were achieved in both groups.

conclusionsBoth the anterior VATS and posterior approaches can effectively treat thoracic tuberculosis. Nevertheless, the posterior approach procedure obtained less morbidity and complications than the other.

Indexed as

AdultFemaleFollow-Up StudiesHumansMaleMiddle AgedRetrospective StudiesThoracic Surgery, Video-AssistedTuberculosis, Spinal

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PMID25781165
PMCPMC4364357
OpenAlexW1992803842

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