Open AccessDoes kyphosis in healed subaxial cervical spine tuberculosis equate to a poor functional outcome?
Author(s) -
Sudhir Srivastava,
Aditya Raj,
Sunil Bhosale,
Shaligram Purohit,
Nandan Marathe,
Swapneel Shah
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of craniovertebral junction and spine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.38
H-Index - 23
eISSN - 0976-9285
pISSN - 0974-8237
DOI - 10.4103/jcvjs.jcvjs_53_20
Subject(s) - medicine , kyphosis , surgery , radiography , presentation (obstetrics) , visual analogue scale , tuberculosis , pathology
Tuberculosis (TB) of the subaxial cervical spine has a high percentage of morbidity. It accounts for about 10% of cases with the major concerns being quadriparesis and localized kyphosis.