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8235878

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
13
pubmed:dateCreated
1993-12-16
pubmed:abstractText
The risk of persistence and recurrence of infection in posterior spinal instrumentation surgery for spinal tuberculosis was studied clinically and microbiologically. Eleven patients with thoracic, thoracolumbar, and lumbar spinal tuberculosis treated by debridement, anterior fusion, and combined posterior instrumentation surgery were analyzed. Seven patients had tuberculosis in both anterior and posterior spinal elements. There were no cases of persistence or recurrence of infection after surgery, and instrumentation provided immediate stability and protected against development of kyphotic deformity. The adherence properties of Mycobacterium tuberculosis to stainless steel (SUS 316) was evaluated experimentally. The results showed that posterior instrumentation surgery was not a hazard to spinal tuberculosis infection when combined with radical debridement and intensive anti-tuberculosis chemotherapy.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
0362-2436
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
1
pubmed:volume
18
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1890-4
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-7-9
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1993
pubmed:articleTitle
Evaluation of the risk of instrumentation as a foreign body in spinal tuberculosis. Clinical and biologic study.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Kyushu University, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article