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The clinical outcomes and surgical strategy for cervical spine tuberculosis: A retrospective study in 78 cases.
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- From neck pain to neurological deficit: Cervical tuberculous spondylodiscitis unveiled: A case report.International journal of surgery case reports · 2025Article
- Surgical correction of severe cervical kyphosis secondary to tuberculoid Pott's disease: illustrative case.Journal of neurosurgery. Case lessons · 2025Article
- Successful surgical management of cervical tuberculous spondylitis with tetraparesis in a 17-year-old patient: A case report.Radiology case reports · 2025Article
- Challenges and outcomes of upper cervical spinal tuberculosis surgery in pandemic-Case series study.International journal of surgery case reports · 2024Article
- Anterior debridement combined with autogenous iliac bone graft fusion for the treatment of lower cervical tuberculosis: a multicenter retrospective study.Journal of orthopaedics and traumatology : official journal of the Italian Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology · 2023Article
- Tuberculosis of the Cervical Spine: A Case Report.Cureus · 2023Article
- The Incidence, Changes and Treatments of Cervical Deformity After Infection and Inflammation.Neurospine · 2023Article
- One-stage anterior approach for long-segment subaxial cervical spondylitis tuberculosis: A case report.International journal of surgery case reports · 2022Article
- Secondary tuberculosis of adjacent segments after anterior cervical discectomy and fusion: A case report.Frontiers in surgery · 2022Article
- Cervical Pott's disease: case report and review of the literature.The Pan African medical journal · 2022Review
- Clinical effectiveness of posterior-only approach using polyetheretherketone cage combined with single-segment instrumentation for lumbar tuberculosis in children.Scientific reports · 2021Article
- Outcome Analysis of Subaxial Cervical Spine Tuberculosis Operated by the Anterior Approach: A Single-Center Experience.International journal of spine surgery · 2021Article
- [Treatment of tuberculosis in craniovertebral junction].Zhongguo xiu fu chong jian wai ke za zhi = Zhongguo xiufu chongjian waike zazhi = Chinese journal of reparative and reconstructive surgery · 2020Article
- Cervical spine tuberculosis.The Pan African medical journal · 2020Article
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Abstract
Literature on the treatment of cervical spinal tuberculosis (CSTB) is uncommon, the surgical approaches to cervical spinal tuberculosis were controversial. The aim of the study was to evaluate the clinical outcomes of 3 surgical techniques in CSTB patients, and to determine the most appropriate approach for CSTB patients. Between April 2006 and June 2012, we performed a retrospective review of clinical and radiographic data that were collected from 850 consecutive spinal tubercular patients, including 87 patients who were diagnosed and treated for CSTB in our hospital. Apart from 9 patients being treated conservatively, the remainder (78 cases) underwent surgery by anterior debridement, interbody fusion and instrumentation (A group), posterior instrumentation and anterior debridement, fusion and instrumentation in a single or two-stage operation (AP group), or posterior debridement, fusion and posterior instrumentation (P group). The patients were evaluated preoperatively and postoperatively on the basis of hematologic, radiographic examinations, and neurologic function. The 78 patients were followed up for a mean duration of 41.2 ± 7.2 months (range, 24-65 months). Postoperatively, the preoperative erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) value returned to normal within 3 to 6 months in all patients, and solid bone fusion was achieved in 3 to 8 months. The patients exhibited significant improvement in deformity and neurological deficit postoperatively, while the visual analog scale for pain showed significant improvement in all patients at the last follow up visit. The follow-up outcomes demonstrated that all 3 surgical methods were viable management options for CSTB. Individualized therapeutic strategies should be selected according to the patient's general condition, focal characteristics, and the surgeon's experience.
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