Surgery for progressive Pott’s paraplegia (Tuberculous paraplegia)
Paraplegia, cilt.29, sa.8, ss.537-541, 1991 (Scopus)
- Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
- Cilt numarası: 29 Sayı: 8
- Basım Tarihi: 1991
- Doi Numarası: 10.1038/sc.1991.77
- Dergi Adı: Paraplegia
- Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Scopus
- Sayfa Sayıları: ss.537-541
- Anahtar Kelimeler: SPINAL TUBERCULOSIS, PARAPLEGIA, SURGICAL TREATMENT
- Sağlık Bilimleri Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet
Özet
This is a study of 20 patients who had surgical intervention for Pott's paraplegia at the Hacettepe University Neurosurgery Department, Ankara. All patients were admitted with progressive paraparesis. Eleven patients had vertebrectomies, 5 laminectomies and in 4 patients costo-transversectomies were performed. The follow-up period ranged from 1 to 10 years. Thirteen patients were found to be normal at follow-up examinations (65%). In 4 patients there was some improvement in tfàr neurological status, and the others had no improvement. © 1991 International Medical Society o1 Paraplegia.