Clinical and radiological outcome of surgery for pyogenic and tuberculous spondylitis: comparisons of surgical techniques and disease types

摘要: Object Current surgical techniques for patients with pyogenic spondylitis (PS) and tuberculous (TS) are as follows: anterior debridement/decompression fusion bone autografts (A); fusion, followed by simultaneous or sequential posterior instrumentation (AP); instrumentation, (PA); decompression (P). In the present study authors compared, between disease types techniques, clinical radiological outcomes of surgery these patients. Methods Fifty-two were involved in study, comprising 25 PS 27 TS, a mean age 63.3 ± 13.3 years. The affected sites included cervical vertebrae 6 patients, thoracic 16, thoracolumbar 14, lumbar 16. Surgical A, AP, PA each performed 15 (designate...