[Anterior instrumentation of spine in tuberculous spondylitis: Pott's disease: case report]. / Instrumentação anterior da coluna em espondilite tuberculosa: Mal de Pott: Relato de caso.
Arq Neuropsiquiatr
; 60(1): 142-4, 2002 Mar.
Article
in Pt
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-11965425
ABSTRACT
We report a case of a surgical treatment with anterior instrumentation in tuberculous spondylitis (Pott's disease), in a 71 years old woman, that was in treatment for pulmonary tuberculosis, with lumbar pain, progressive disability to walk, kyphotic deformity and vesical dysfunction. Magnetic resonance image presents a lesion in the bodies of T12 and L1, with paravertebral abscess. The patient was treated surgically by transthoracic-abdominal approach. The vertebral bodies were cut off and the spine were instrumented anteriorly with a mesh cage and a Z plate. This procedure permits a good arthrodesis and a immediately stabilization of the spine, without any complication of the infection. The patient was seen a year after the surgery and is free of infection, without motor deficit, pain or reminiscent kyphosis.
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Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Tuberculosis, Spinal
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Fracture Fixation, Internal
Type of study:
Diagnostic_studies
Limits:
Aged
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Female
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Humans
Language:
Pt
Year:
2002
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Article