title: [To explore the relation between erythrocyte sedimentation rate and postoperative recurrence of spinal tuberculosis].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To explore the relation between erythrocyte sedimentation rate(ESR) and postoperative recurrence of spinal tuberculosis.
  
  
  METHODS
  Eighty cases (36 males and 44 female,ranging from 20 to 71 years with an average of 38.2 years)of spinal tuberculosis treated with focus debridement were divided into two groups according to the preoperative value of ESR: Group A (ESR > or = 40 mm/h) and Group B (ESR < 40 mm/h). Patients in two groups were treated by the same method. The postoperative recurrences in two groups were analyzed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  All the patients were followed up. The recurred cases were 5 in Group A and 4 in Group B. There is no significant difference between two groups.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  ESR is not the key factor to choose the right operative time to perform debridement.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic, Nanjing Municipal Hospital of Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, Nanjing 210014, Jiangsu, China. wangrui_217@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Rui
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Xiao-hai
authors.initials: XH
authors.lastname: Kong
authors.forename: Qi-yi
authors.initials: QY
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Zong-xian
authors.initials: ZX
authors.lastname: Mei
authors.forename: Xing-ye
authors.initials: XY
authors.lastname: Tong
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001799:Blood Sedimentation; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012008:Recurrence; D014399:Tuberculosis, Spinal / Q000097:blood / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*