title: [Treatment for Pott's disease with neurological complication].
abstract: Tuberculosis of the spine (Pott's disease) is the most common skeletal involvement in tuberculosis, and is often accompanied with neurological deficiency. Surgical treatment was previously the mainstay of therapy in cases of Pott's disease with neurological deficiency, but since clinical recovery was found in patients awaiting surgery, conservative management with antibiotic treatment as a first Line treatment has been advocated. This conservative approach may improve the patients' neurological status while avoiding the morbidity and mortality of surgical treatment.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopedic Surery, Spine Unit, Assaf Harofeh Medical Center, Zerifin, Israel. noam_yossi@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Erez
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Avisar
authors.forename: Yossi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Smorgick
authors.forename: Yigal
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Mirovsky
authors.forename: Yael
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Gelfer
authors.forename: Dror
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Lindner
authors.forename: Anekstein
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Yoram
mesh_terms: D000995:Antitubercular Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002493:Central Nervous System Diseases; D006801:Humans; D009422:Nervous System Diseases / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D014399:Tuberculosis, Spinal / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000601:surgery
chemical_list: D000995:Antitubercular Agents