title: Application of internal fixation in the treatment for tuberculosis of the spine.
abstract: This is a study of 18 patients who had surgical treatment for spinal tuberculosis. All patients were admitted with the spinal tuberculosis and treated with a combination of anterior debridement and bone graft with posterior internal fixation using the Luque or Dick technique. The patients were able to walk within a few days postoperation. Three to seven years follow-ups show no recurrence, kyphosis and/or solid fusion.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopedics, PUMC Hospital, CAMS & PUMC, Beijing.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Weng
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Shen
authors.forename: Q
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Ye
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Qiu
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Li
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D016268:Internal Fixators; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013904:Thoracic Vertebrae / Q000601:surgery*; D014399:Tuberculosis, Spinal / Q000601:surgery*