A Case of Koch's Spine Treated with Modified Transpedicular Vertebral Curettage and Posterior Fixation: A Novel Technique

Tuberculosis (TB) is a chronic granulomatous infection caused by acid-fast mycobacterium tuberculosis bacilli. Spinal involvement occurs in less than one percent of TB. Spinal TB (Pott’s disease) accounts for 50% of skeletal TB. Though it most commonly affects the thoracolumbar junction, it can occu...

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Autores principales: Golwala, Paresh, Kapoor, Chirag, Shah, Malkesh, Merh, Aditya, Kansagra, Ankur
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2016
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Orthopedics
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5218885/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28083459
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.915
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author Golwala, Paresh
Kapoor, Chirag
Shah, Malkesh
Merh, Aditya
Kansagra, Ankur
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Kapoor, Chirag
Shah, Malkesh
Merh, Aditya
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description Tuberculosis (TB) is a chronic granulomatous infection caused by acid-fast mycobacterium tuberculosis bacilli. Spinal involvement occurs in less than one percent of TB. Spinal TB (Pott’s disease) accounts for 50% of skeletal TB. Though it most commonly affects the thoracolumbar junction, it can occur at any level of the spine. Early diagnosis and treatment is mandatory in order to avoid neurological complications and spinal deformity. We report a case of a young female with tuberculosis of D12-L1 who was treated with posterior decompression using a modified transpedicular approach and posterior instrumentation with a successful outcome.
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spelling pubmed-52188852017-01-12 A Case of Koch's Spine Treated with Modified Transpedicular Vertebral Curettage and Posterior Fixation: A Novel Technique Golwala, Paresh Kapoor, Chirag Shah, Malkesh Merh, Aditya Kansagra, Ankur Cureus Orthopedics Tuberculosis (TB) is a chronic granulomatous infection caused by acid-fast mycobacterium tuberculosis bacilli. Spinal involvement occurs in less than one percent of TB. Spinal TB (Pott’s disease) accounts for 50% of skeletal TB. Though it most commonly affects the thoracolumbar junction, it can occur at any level of the spine. Early diagnosis and treatment is mandatory in order to avoid neurological complications and spinal deformity. We report a case of a young female with tuberculosis of D12-L1 who was treated with posterior decompression using a modified transpedicular approach and posterior instrumentation with a successful outcome. Cureus 2016-12-06 /pmc/articles/PMC5218885/ /pubmed/28083459 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.915 Text en Copyright © 2016, Golwala et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
spellingShingle Orthopedics
Golwala, Paresh
Kapoor, Chirag
Shah, Malkesh
Merh, Aditya
Kansagra, Ankur
A Case of Koch's Spine Treated with Modified Transpedicular Vertebral Curettage and Posterior Fixation: A Novel Technique
title A Case of Koch's Spine Treated with Modified Transpedicular Vertebral Curettage and Posterior Fixation: A Novel Technique
title_full A Case of Koch's Spine Treated with Modified Transpedicular Vertebral Curettage and Posterior Fixation: A Novel Technique
title_fullStr A Case of Koch's Spine Treated with Modified Transpedicular Vertebral Curettage and Posterior Fixation: A Novel Technique
title_full_unstemmed A Case of Koch's Spine Treated with Modified Transpedicular Vertebral Curettage and Posterior Fixation: A Novel Technique
title_short A Case of Koch's Spine Treated with Modified Transpedicular Vertebral Curettage and Posterior Fixation: A Novel Technique
title_sort case of koch's spine treated with modified transpedicular vertebral curettage and posterior fixation: a novel technique
topic Orthopedics
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5218885/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28083459
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.915
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