Open AccessOutcome of minimally invasive surgery in the management of tuberculous spondylitis
Author(s) -
Pankaj Kandwal,
Bhavuk Garg,
Bidre Upendra,
Budhadev Chowdhury,
Arvind Jayaswal
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
indian journal of orthopaedics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.434
H-Index - 33
eISSN - 1998-3727
pISSN - 0019-5413
DOI - 10.4103/0019-5413.93680
Subject(s) - medicine , surgery , spondylodiscitis , kyphosis , oswestry disability index , spondylitis , thoracoscopy , blood loss , decompression , spinal fusion , invasive surgery , radiography , low back pain , ankylosing spondylitis , alternative medicine , pathology
With the advancement of instrumentation and minimally access techniques in the field of spine surgery, good surgical decompression and instrumentation can be done for tuberculous spondylitis with known advantage of MIS (minimally invasive surgery). The aim of this study was to assess the outcome of the minimally invasive techniques in the surgical treatment of patients with tuberculous spondylodiscitis.