title: [The effect of reconstructive bone surgery in tubercular spondylitis on the development of the spinal column in young children].
abstract: Long-term results of reconstructive osteoplastic operations on the vertebral column performed for tuberculous spondylitis in 116 children, aged from 1 year and 4 months to 6 years, are presented. All of them were practically cured, thus having a complete recovery of their vertebral column supporting function; in 65.5% of these patients, there was a reduction of a cyphotic deformity with age; 18.7% of the operated persons, including merely 13% of the disabled in their childhood, had resumed their work and 23% of the patients were taken off the dispensary record upon their recovery. Osteoplastic reconstructions for tuberculous spondylitis performed in early childhood failed to affect a future growth of the vertebral column. Besides, they ensure a complete recovery of a child and should have the lead in the whole system of the up-to-date management of spondylitis in children.
authors.forename: K N
authors.initials: KN
authors.lastname: Kovalenko
authors.forename: O V
authors.initials: OV
authors.lastname: Mal'chenko
mesh_terms: D016025:Bone Transplantation; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D011859:Radiography; D013131:Spine / Q000254:growth & development*; D013166:Spondylitis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D014399:Tuberculosis, Spinal / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*
vernacular_title: Vliianie rekonstruktivnykh kostno-plasticheskikh operatsiĭ pri tuberkuleznom spondilite na razvitie pozvonochnika u deteĭ rannego vozrasta.