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The Ewha Medical Journal
Ewha Womans University School of Medicine

Ewha Med J 1982; 5(4):255-260

pISSN: 1598-7450

DOI: https://doi.org/10.12771/emj.1982.5.4.255

Case Report

A Clinical Study of Spinal Tuberculosis

Jin Man Wang
Corresponding author: Jin Man Wang. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Ewha Womans University, College of Medicine, Korea.

Copyright ⓒ 1982. Ewha Womans University School of Medicine. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Published Online: Jul 24, 2015

Abstract

The spinal tuberculosis has been decreased because of development of anti-tuberculosis drugs and the new surgical procedures but still have challenging problems in Korea. Fourty-eight cases of spinal tuberculosis were treated with conservative and surgical treatments during 6 years from 1976 to 1981 at Ewha Univ. Hospital with following results ; 1. The age distribution showed the peak incidence in the first decade. 2. The predilection site was the thoracic area(49.2%) 3. In 35.4% of the cases, anti-TB drug was taken befure surgery. 4. Paraplegia showed in 29.2% of cases. 5. In paraplegia, most involved bodies were in the thoracic and lumbar vertebra and the percentage was 85.7%. 6. The recovery rate of the paraplegia was 92.9%. 7. Anterior fusion was performed in 35.4%, and the posterior fusion was performed in 31.3%. 8. The kypotic angle was increased according to the numbers of involved vertebra.