ArticleJournal of orthopaedic surgery and research2015
Comparison of three surgical approaches for cervicothoracic spinal tuberculosis: a retrospective case-control study.
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- Analysis of the Therapeutic Effects of Staged Posterior-Anterior Combined Surgery for Cervicothoracic Segmental Tuberculosis with Kyphosis in Pediatric Patients.International journal of general medicine · 2021Article
- Clinical Efficacy of Three Surgical Approaches for the Treatment of Cervicothoracic Tuberculosis: A Multicenter Retrospective Study.Orthopaedic surgery · 2020Article
- An unusual case of extensive contiguous cervicothoracic spinal tuberculosis involving fourteen damaged segments: A case report.International journal of surgery case reports · 2020Article
- Application of transforaminal-lumbar interbody fusion technology combined with lesion clearance and chemotherapy via catheter for the treatment of spinal tuberculosis.Experimental and therapeutic medicine · 2019Article
- Surgical approach and management outcomes for junction tuberculous spondylitis: a retrospective study of 77 patients.Journal of orthopaedic surgery and research · 2018Article
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- Posterior surgical treatment of ankylosing spondylitis with spinal tuberculosis: A case series and long-term follow-up.Medicine · 2018Observational
- [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 · 2018Review
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Abstract
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designThis is a retrospective case-control study.
objectivesThe surgical approaches to cervicothoracic spinal tuberculosis (CTSTB) were controversial. The aim of this research is to retrospectively compare the efficacy and feasibility of anterior-only (AO) approach, combined anterior and posterior (AP) surgeries, and posterior-only (PO) approach for the treatment of CTSTB.
methodsAO approach was undertaken in 20 patients (group A), AP fusion was carried out in 18 patients (group B), and PO surgery was performed in 21 patients (group C). Surgery duration, intraoperative blood loss, length of hospitalization, neurological status, kyphosis angle correction, loss of correction, and complications of the three groups were compared.
resultsThree surgical approaches all improved the kyphosis deformity and neurological function significantly (P < 0.05). The mean loss of correction in group A in the final follow-up was higher than in groups B and C (P < 0.05), and the difference between groups B and C was not significant (P > 0.05). The mean operation time, blood loss, and hospitalization days in group B were greater than in groups A and C. Complications were most prevalent in group A, more in group B, and the least in group C.
conclusionThe AO approach surgery should be limitedly used for severe CTSTB. The AP approach had got satisfactory clinical and radiographic outcomes, but with larger trauma and more complications, which should be reservedly performed for mild CTSTB. Compared to traditional surgery, PO surgery can significantly improve clinical results and obviously relieve postoperative complications.
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