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  • Title: [Surgical treatment of tuberculous spondylitis using ceramic implants].
    Author: Gruntovskiĭ TKh, Golka GG, Tantsura AV.
    Journal: Probl Tuberk; 1998; (5):34-6. PubMed ID: 9866396.
    Abstract:
    The use of osseous grafts in the treatment of tuberculous spondylitis is associated with substantial shortcomings, requiring a long-term bedside regimen, followed by fixation of the spine with a rigid corset. The application of ceramic implants allowed one to attack several tasks: to provide primary stabilization of the vertebral segment, to exclude corset fixation, to reduce a postoperative period and surgical traumatism by refusing to take an autograft. Forty nine operations were performed in patients aged 23-65 years. In the early postoperative period neurological disorders completely disappeared in 7 patients, the remaining has significant positive changes. Complete osteoceramic adhesion occurred 2-4 months later. Following 2 patients, 26 patients were stricken off the disability register. The remaining patients continued to be disabled (7 and 16 patients had disability groups 2 and 3, respectively) due to significant contaminant diseases.
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