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Tuberculous Spondylitis Following Kyphoplasty: A Case Report and Review of the Literature.
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- Comparison of the Efficacy and Prognosis of Different Treatment Strategies for Spinal Tuberculosis Patients Undergoing Vertebral Augmentation Surgery by Mistake.Orthopaedic surgery · 2026Article
- Case Report: Diagnostic and therapeutic challenges of secondary spinal tuberculosis following percutaneous vertebroplasty: a case of staged surgery with bone cement retention report.Frontiers in surgery · 2026Article
- Spinal infection after vertebral augmentation: a covert complication with serious havoc.Archives of orthopaedic and trauma surgery · 2024Article
- Tuberculous Spondylitis and Paravertebral Abscess Formation Following Vertebroplasty: A Case Report and Review of the Literature.Infection and drug resistance · 2024Article
- A complex surgery of spinal tuberculosis with a psoas abscess accompanied by fibula autografting: an alternative treatment of Pott's disease.Journal of surgical case reports · 2023Article
- Beware ofInfection and drug resistance · 2022Article
- Risk factors for tuberculous or nontuberculous spondylitis after percutaneous vertebroplasty or kyphoplasty in patients with osteoporotic vertebral compression fracture: A case-control study.Frontiers in surgery · 2022Article
- Simultaneous-onset infectious spondylitis with vertebral fracture mimicking an acute osteoporotic vertebral fracture erroneously treated with balloon kyphoplasty: illustrative case.Journal of neurosurgery. Case lessons · 2021Article
- Debridement and corpectomy via single posterior approach to treat pyogenic spondylitis after vertebral augmentation.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2021Article
- [Polymethylmethacrylate-augmented screw fixation in treatment of senile thoracolumbar tuberculosis combined with severe osteoporosis].Zhongguo xiu fu chong jian wai ke za zhi = Zhongguo xiufu chongjian waike zazhi = Chinese journal of reparative and reconstructive surgery · 2020Article
- Tuberculous spondylitis after percutaneous vertebroplasty: A case series of 9 cases.Biomedical journal · 2019Article
- Surgical outcomes of infectious spondylitis after vertebroplasty, and comparisons between pyogenic and tuberculosis.BMC infectious diseases · 2018Article
- Tuberculous spondylitis after vertebral augmentation: A case report with a literature review.The Journal of international medical research · 2018Article
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Abstract
Tuberculous spondylitis of the augmented vertebral column following percutaneous vertebroplasty or kyphoplasty has rarely been described. We report an unusual case of tuberculous spondylitis diagnosed after percutaneous kyphoplasty (PKP). A 61-year-old woman presented to our institution complaining of back pain following a fall 7 days before. Radiologic studies revealed an acute osteoporotic compression L1 fracture. The patient denied history of pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) and there were no signs of infection. The patient was discharged from hospital 4 days after undergoing L1 PKP with a dramatic improvement in her back pain. Two years later, the patient was readmitted with a 1 year history of recurrent back pain. Imaging examinations demonstrated long segmental bony destruction involving L1 vertebra with massive paravertebral abscess formation. The tentative diagnosis of tuberculous spondylitis was made, after a serum T-SPOT. The TB test was found to be positive. Anterior debridement, L1 corpectomy, decompression, and autologous rib graft interposition, and posterior T8-L4 instrumentation were performed. The histologic examination of the resected tissue results confirmed the diagnosis of spinal TB. Anti-TB medications were administered for 12 months and the patient recovered without sequelae. Spinal TB and osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures are similar clinically and radiologically. Spinal surgeons should consider this disease entity to avoid misdiagnosis or complications. Early surgical intervention and anti-TB treatment should be instituted as soon as the diagnosis of spinal TB after vertebral augmentation is made.
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