Servikal Pott: Olgu Sunumu
Yusuf Tüzün, Çetin Refik Kayaoğlu, Erhan Takçı, Mahmut Arık, Pınar Polat, İsmail Hakkı Aydın
Article No:
13
Article Type :
Research
Cervical spinal involvement by tuberculosis is rare. We described a patient with cervical spinal involvement by tuberculosis, who had cervical 7 and throcal 1 corpus vertebrae involvement with extensive adjacent prevertebral soft-tissue. The patient was operated on anterior approach consisting of abcess drainage, cervical 7 and throcal 1 vertebrectomy. Autologous iliac crest bone grafting was then performed. The patients was neurologically improved in the course of postoperative period. In addition; we discussed the modern management and the methods of dijferential diagnosis of Pott's disease
Keywords :
Pott's disease, spinal tuberculosis, tuberculosis
Dusunen Adam : The Journal of Psychiatry and Neurological Sciences :
1998;11:62-64
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