[Ultrasonic diagnosis of abscesses in tubercular spondylitis of the vertebrae]. / Mogucnosti ultrazvucne dijagnostike kod apscesa tuberkuloznog spondilitisa kraljeznice.

ABSTRACT

Over the period of the last year morbidity of TBC spondylitis of vertebrae due to orthopaedic research in Special clinical orthopaedic hospital Lovran, is found to be increasing once again. In consideration of difficulties of citing TBC abscess of vertebrae in several cases, to help ourselves we have tried to solve this problem with ultrasound. In the last two years 15 patients with TBC spondylitis of vertebrae have been examined. From these, inflammation process was located in thoracal part of vertebrae at 7 patients, and at 8 patients in lumbar part. After result evolution, we have found out that abscesses located in abdominal part could have been cited with ultrasound. With the present degree of accoutrements abscesses in thoracal part located close to spine couldn't be cited by this method of research. The reason was absorption of ultrasound waves in bony structures of torax. By guidance of ultrasound it is possible to accomplish puncture of abscess's sack.