One-stage Posterior Surgical Management of Lumbosacral Spinal Tuberculosis with Nonstructural Autograft

Spinal tuberculosis is the most common form of the extra-pulmonary tuberculosis. It accounts for nearly half of the musculoskeletal tuberculosis cases [1]. However, tuberculosis locating at the lumbosacral junction is rare. Only 2-3% of all spinal tuberculosis occurred in this region [2,3]. Although antituberculous chemotherapy remains the dominant treatment for spinal tuberculosis, surgical management is an important strategy for it when patients present with kyphosis, progressive neurological deficit, massive cold abscesses and don ’t have positive responses to chemotherapy [4].

Source: Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery - December 27, 2016 Category: Neurosurgery Authors: Jia-Ming Liu, Yang Zhou, Ai-Fen Peng, Xuan-Yin Chen, Wen-Zhao Chen, Xin-Hua Long, Shan-Hu Huang, Zhi-Li Liu Source Type: research