1997•Orthopedics & TraumatologyOpen access
Treatment of Pyogenic Spondylitis and Tuberculous Spondylitis.
Takashi Ikeda, Takafumi Nakamura, Tooru Fujimoto, Tarou Kikuchi, Satoshi Ohtawa, Harumichi Senda, Katsumasa Takagi
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Abstract
Diagnosis and treatment of 24 pyogenic spondylitis and 5 tuberculous spondylitis cases were examined. Twenty two patients underwent needle biopsies for spinal infection and correct useful in the diagnosis of spinal infection. Three of the 11 operated patients were treated by instruments, and their clinical results were excellent. However, we considered that instrumentation surgery for spinal infection should be performed only when a rigid fixation was necessary.
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