Posterior approach unilateral laminectomy, debridement, and preshaped titanium mesh bone grafting with internal fixation for treatment of lumbar tuberculosis.

Yuxuan Du, Daudi R Manini, Jiang Xie, Ang Deng

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Yuxuan DuDepartment of Spine Surgery and Orthopedics, Xiangya Spinal Surgery Center, Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Xiang Ya Road 87, ChangSha, China.

Daudi R ManiniDepartment of Spine Surgery and Orthopedics, Xiangya Spinal Surgery Center, Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Xiang Ya Road 87, ChangSha, China.

Jiang XieDepartment of Spine Surgery and Orthopedics, Xiangya Spinal Surgery Center, Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Xiang Ya Road 87, ChangSha, China.

Ang DengDepartment of Spine Surgery and Orthopedics, Xiangya Spinal Surgery Center, Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Xiang Ya Road 87, ChangSha, China. deng.ang@csu.edu.cn.

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Abstract

Comparison of the efficacy of unilateral laminectomy, debridement, and fusion with preshaped titanium mesh (ULT) with bilateral laminectomy, debridement, and fusion with preshaped titanium mesh (BLT) for the treatment of single-segment lumbar tuberculosis. A total of 65 patients with lumbar tuberculosis in our hospital from 2016 to 2020 were enrolled. Data such as operation time, blood loss, and postoperative ambulation time were recorded. Imaging data, blood test results, and neurological symptomatic score were collected before and after the operation and during follow-up. According to the different surgical methods, the patients were classified in group A and group B. The above indicators were compared between the two groups to evaluate the effect of surgical treatment. Group A patients (34) were treated with ULT surgery, and group B patients (31) were treated with BLT surgery. The operation time, blood loss, blood transfusion amount and postoperative ambulation time were significantly less in group A than in group B (P < 0.05). The improvement of erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) and C-reactive protein (CRP), and the improvement of visual analog scale score (VAS), Oswestry disability index (ODI) and other indicators were similar between the two groups (P>0.05). ULT procedure for single segment lumbar tuberculosis can not only meet the requirements of removing lesions and stabilizing bone graft fusion but also reduce trauma and accelerate recovery after surgery. Retrospective study.

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Bone TransplantationDebridementLaminectomyLumbar VertebraeTuberculosis, SpinalAdultAgedFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedRetrospective StudiesSpinal FusionSurgical MeshTitaniumTreatment OutcomeTitaniumLumbar spinePosterior approachPreshaped titanium meshTuberculosisUnilateral laminectomy

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PMID40000886

DOI10.1038/s41598-025-91588-7

PMCPMC11861922

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