title: Results of Single-Staged Posterior Decompression and Circumferential Fusion Using a Transpedicular Approach to Correct a Kyphotic Deformity due to Thoracolumbar Spinal Tuberculosis.
abstract: METHODS
  This is a prospective study.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  The aim of this study was to investigate the results of single-staged posterior decompression and circumferential fusion using a transpedicular approach to correct a kyphotic deformity due to thoracolumbar spinal tuberculosis.
  
  
  BACKGROUND
  Surgical management is frequently an imperative choice to achieve spinal decompression and deformity correction due to tuberculosis to relieve pain, improve neurology, and reconstruct the spine stability. Since the time anterior radical debridement and noninstrumented fusion was described, it has become apparent that even anterior debridement and bone grafting was often unsatisfactory in correcting or preventing the progression of kyphosis deformity. With the advent of modern segmental spinal instrumentation systems, isolated posterior instrumentation; combined anterior and posterior fusion; and single-staged posterior decompression and circumferential fusion have been described by many authors for correcting angular deformity and stabilizing the spine; however, there is a lack of consensus regarding the most effective means of correcting the deformity due to thoracolumbar spinal tuberculosis.
  
  
  METHODS
  This is a prospective study of 20 patients with thoracolumbar spinal tuberculosis who underwent surgery at our institute.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Twenty patients who were started on antituberculosis treatment underwent surgery using a single-staged posterior approach involving fixation, decompression, and kyphosis correction. Preoperatively, all patients had varying degrees of neurological deficit and a 27.45° average kyphotic angle, which improved. At the 1-year follow-up, correction was maintained at 6.9°, and 55% of patients showed neurological improvement. None of the patients experienced neurological deterioration. Two patients with lumbar spine tuberculosis underwent revision surgery because of nonunion.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The procedure of posterior decompression, fixation, and circumferential fusion using a transpedicular approach performed for thoracolumbar spinal tuberculosis is effective, safe, and excellent in correcting and maintaining kyphosis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedics, B.J Medical College and Civil Hospital, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India.
authors.forename: Shaival
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Dalal
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedics, B.J Medical College and Civil Hospital, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India.
authors.forename: Jayprakash
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Modi
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedics, B.J Medical College and Civil Hospital, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India.
authors.forename: Shardul
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Soman
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedics, B.J Medical College and Civil Hospital, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India.
authors.forename: Harshil
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Patel
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedics, B.J Medical College and Civil Hospital, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India.
authors.forename: Shrikant
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Dhanani
keywords: Decompression; Fusion; Kyphosis; Spinal tuberculosis