Debridement, interbody graft using titanium mesh cages, posterior instrumentation and fusion in the surgical treatment of multilevel noncontiguous spinal tuberculosis in elderly patients via a posterior-only

• Published in: Injury Vol. 48; no. 2; pp. 378 - 383
• Main Authors: Wang, Yu-Xiang, Zhang, Hong-Qi, Li, Min, Tang, Ming-xing, Guo, Chao-feng, Deng, Ang, Gao, Qile, Wu, Jian-Huang, Liu, Jin-Yang
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands Elsevier Ltd 01.02.2017
• Subjects: Aged; China - epidemiology; Debridement - instrumentation; Debridement - methods; Decompression, Surgical; Elderly patients; Feasibility Studies; Female; Follow-Up Studies; Humans; Internal Fixators; Kyphosis - diagnostic imaging; Kyphosis - epidemiology; Kyphosis - prevention & control; Kyphosis - surgery; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Male; Middle Aged; Multilevel non-contiguous; Orthopedics; Posterior approach; Retrospective Studies; Spinal Fusion - instrumentation; Spinal Fusion - methods; Spinal tuberculosis; Surgical Mesh; Titanium; Titanium mesh cages; Tomography, X-Ray Computed; Treatment Outcome; Tuberculosis, Spinal - complications; Tuberculosis, Spinal - diagnostic imaging; Tuberculosis, Spinal - epidemiology; Tuberculosis, Spinal - pathology; Spinal tuberculosis; Titanium mesh cages; Elderly patients; Multilevel non-contiguous; Posterior approach

Abstract Purpose To analyse the efficacy and feasibility of surgical management for elderly patients with multilevel non-contiguous spinal tuberculosis(MNSTB)by using one-stage posterior focus debridement, interbody graft using titanium mesh cages, posterior instrumentation and fusion. Methods From...