Surgery for progressive Pott's paraplegia (tuberculous paraplegia)

This is a study of 20 patients who had surgical intervention for Pott's paraplegia at the Hacettepe University Neurosurgery Department, Ankara. All patients were admitted with progressive paraparesis. Eleven patients had vertebrectomies, 5 laminectomies and in 4 patients costo-transversectomies...

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Published in:Paraplegia 1991-10, Vol.29 (8), p.537-541
Main Authors: ACIKGÖZ, B, ÖZCAN, O. E, BELEN, D, ERBENGI, A, ÖZGEN, T
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Biological and medical sciences
Female
Humans
Male
Medical sciences
Middle Aged
Neurology
Paraplegia - pathology
Paraplegia - surgery
Radiography
Spinal Cord - diagnostic imaging
Tuberculosis, Spinal - pathology
Tuberculosis, Spinal - surgery
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Summary:This is a study of 20 patients who had surgical intervention for Pott's paraplegia at the Hacettepe University Neurosurgery Department, Ankara. All patients were admitted with progressive paraparesis. Eleven patients had vertebrectomies, 5 laminectomies and in 4 patients costo-transversectomies were performed. The follow-up period ranged from 1 to 10 years. Thirteen patients were found to be normal at follow-up examinations (65%). In 4 patients there was some improvement in their neurological status, and the others had no improvement.
ISSN:0031-1758
1362-4393
1476-5624
DOI:10.1038/sc.1991.77