Posterior circumferential decompression for late onset paraparesis caused by kyphotic deformity due to infantile tuberculosis--case report.
A 46-year-old male presented with late onset of paraparesis caused by kyphotic deformity due to infantile tuberculosis. A posterior circumferential decompression was performed from the sixth thoracic to the eighth thoracic levels. His neurological status improved with no evidence of kyphosis progression at the last follow up (2 years 5 months postoperatively). The paraparesis was caused by bony compression following increasing kyphosis above and below the block vertebrae due to growth. Posterior circumferential decompression is a less invasive surgical intervention for this condition.
Asazuma
Takashi
T
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, National Defense Medical College, Tokorozawa, Saitama, Japan. asayan@me.ndmc.ac.jp
Toyama
Yoshiaki
Y
Suzuki
Nobumasa
N
Fujimura
Yoshikazu
Y
D019299:Decompression, Surgical; D006801:Humans; D007738:Kyphosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D020335:Paraparesis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery*; D013904:Thoracic Vertebrae / Q000601:surgery*; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000150:complications