A multicenter retrospective research of anterior debridement, decompression, bone grafting, and instrumentation for cervical tuberculosis.

Conclusion: Our study suggests that one-stage anterior debridement, decompression, bone grafting, and instrumentation are safe and effective methods in the surgical management of cervical spinal tuberculosis. Abbreviation: VAS: Visual Analog Scale; JOA: Japanese Orthopaedic Association; NDI: Neck Disability Index; ESR: Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate; ASIA: American Spinal Injury Association; TB: Tuberculosis. PMID: 31613201 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Neurological Research - Category: Neurology Tags: Neurol Res Source Type: research