ArticleInternational journal of surgery case reports2024
Cervical tuberculosis treated with closed system abscess evacuation, and percutaneous laser disc decompression combined with secretome derived from umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cells: A case report.
Article in International journal of surgery case reports, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
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.
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.
Who cites it
1 citing paper in PubMed.
- Clinical application of mesenchymal stem cells in orthopaedics and traumatology in daily practice.EFORT open reviews · 2026Review
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
6 authors.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
introduction and importanceMinimal invasive surgery is preferred as it offers the same benefit with less tissue damage, especially in the cervical area where a lot of critical structure resides. Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) and its secretome provide a promising regenerative intervention to damaged tissue. We report a cervical spinal tuberculosis case with hemiparesis treated with minimally invasive surgery combined with a regenerative approach. CASE PRESENTATION: A 13-year-old boy presented with weakness in his left arm and left leg, accompanied by hemiparesthesia. The patient was unable to get up from bed, run, and jumpRadiology examination showed compression fracture, intervertebral disc retropulsion, spinal cord compression, and paravertebral cold abscess. The patient was treated with a single minimal invasive surgery consisting of closed system abscess evacuation, and percutaneous laser disc decompression combined with umbilical cord-derived mesenchymal stem cells. CLINICAL DISCUSSION: The pain, weakness, and numbness were gone two days after surgery. The patient could carry out normal activities, even doing sports such as mini soccer and badminton. This clinical improvement was obtained as he carried out some procedures. The cold abscess aspiration removed infection focus which prevents further vertebra destruction, PLDD which decompresses the retropulsed discs, and implantation of MSCs and secretomes which regenerate and strengthen the destructed bone and surrounding tissue.
conclusionClosed system abscess evacuation, and percutaneous laser disc degeneration combined with secretome derived from UC-MSC are minimally-invasive strategies with promising results. Further studies are required to investigate its efficacy.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.