title: [Surgical management of Pott's paraplegia].
abstract: A series of 19 patients suffering Pott's paraplegia was reviewed in a ten-year period. Ever since their admission they were submitted to an antiphthisic and orthopedic medical treatment for 3 to four weeks. A medullar decompression by reaching the focus through different surgical technics was performed on 16 of them. 3 did not require such procedure; 14 recovered completely; 2 partial recovery and 3 did not recover at all. The degree of kyphosis together with affected vertebrae and area, plus ossifluent abscess, the lack of sphincter control and pre-treatment evolution were correlated with recovery from paraplegia.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D009985:Orthopedics / Q000379:methods*; D010264:Paraplegia / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D011859:Radiography; D013117:Spinal Cord Compression / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D013577:Syndrome; D014143:Traction / Q000379:methods; D014399:Tuberculosis, Spinal / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*
vernacular_title: Manejo quirúrgico de la paraplejía póttica.