[Neuro-orthopedic approach to the treatment of tuberculous spondylitis].
The results of treatment in 50 patients with tuberculosis of the thoracic and lumbar spine are presented. The routine surgical treatment was used in 32 cases. In 11 patients, the use of an extrafocal external fixation apparatus made it possible to achieve the axis and height of the diseased portion of the vertebral column and to start early postoperative activation.
Lavrukov
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AM
Shalamov
A M
AM
Malyshev
A G
AG
D016267:External Fixators; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae; D008875:Middle Aged; D013904:Thoracic Vertebrae; D013997:Time Factors; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014399:Tuberculosis, Spinal / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*