Treatment of thoracic or lumbar spinal tuberculosis complicated by resultant listhesis at the involved segment

Highlights • Thoracic or lumbar spinal tuberculosis complicated by listhesis within the involved segments is a rare condition. • We reported 14 patients with active thoracic or lumbar spinal tuberculosis and consequent listhesis at the involved level. • Most patients had retrolisthesis occurring in...

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Published in:Clinical neurology and neurosurgery 2014-10, Vol.125, p.1-8
Main Authors: Zou, Ming-xiang, Li, Jing, Lv, Guo-hua, Wang, Bing, Deng, You-wen
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Back pain
Chemotherapy
Child
Child, Preschool
Disease
Female
Hospitals
Humans
Listhesis
Lumbar spine
Lumbar Vertebrae - pathology
Lumbar Vertebrae - surgery
Male
Middle Aged
Mycobacterium
Neurology
Neurosurgery
NMR
Nuclear magnetic resonance
Patients
Postoperative Period
Retrospective Studies
Spinal Fusion - adverse effects
Spinal Fusion - methods
Spinal Stenosis - complications
Spinal Stenosis - surgery
Spinal tuberculosis
Surgery
Thoracic spine
Thoracic Vertebrae - pathology
Thoracic Vertebrae - surgery
Treatment
Treatment Outcome
Tuberculosis
Tuberculosis, Spinal - complications
Tuberculosis, Spinal - surgery
Vertebrae
Young Adult
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Summary:Highlights • Thoracic or lumbar spinal tuberculosis complicated by listhesis within the involved segments is a rare condition. • We reported 14 patients with active thoracic or lumbar spinal tuberculosis and consequent listhesis at the involved level. • Most patients had retrolisthesis occurring in the thoracolumbar region. • Vertebral listhesis may result in neurological injury mainly by causing foraminal stenosis or nerve stretching. • A reasonable surgical strategy may be the combination of posterior reduction, anterior debridement, and graft fusion.
ISSN:0303-8467
1872-6968
DOI:10.1016/j.clineuro.2014.06.037