Prognostic Factors for Recovery After Anterior Debridement/Bone Grafting and Posterior Instrumentation for Lumbar Spinal Tuberculosis

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BACKGROUND: Anterior debridement/bone grafting/posterior instrumentation is a common selection for the treatment of lumbar spinal tuberculosis (LST). To date, no study has focused on the prognostic factors for recovery after this surgery.

METHODS: We included 144 patients who experienced anterior debridement/bone grafting/posterior instrumentation for LST. The recovery rate based on the Japanese Orthopedic Association (JOA) score was used to assess recovery. The Kaplan-Meier method and Cox regression analysis were used to identify the prognostic factors for recovery postoperatively. For the prognostic factors worth further consideration, the changes in JOA scores within the 24-month follow-up period were identified by repeated-measures analysis of variance.

RESULTS: Paralysis/nonparalysis, duration of symptoms (≥3/<3 months), number of involved vertebrae (>2/≤2), and posterior open/percutaneous instrumentation were identified as prognostic factors for recovery postoperatively. The prognostic factor of open/percutaneous instrumentation was then further compared for potential clinical application. Patients in the percutaneous instrumentation group achieved higher JOA scores than those in the open instrumentation group in the early stages postoperatively (1-3 months), but this effect equalized at 6 months postoperatively. Patients in the open instrumentation group experienced longer operation time and less cost than those in the percutaneous instrumentation group.

CONCLUSIONS: Nonparalysis, shorter symptom duration, fewer involved vertebrae, and posterior percutaneous instrumentation (compared with open instrumentation) are considered favorable prognostic factors. Patients in the percutaneous instrumentation group achieved higher JOA scores than those in the open instrumentation group in the early stages postoperatively (1-3 months), but no significant difference was observed in long-term JOA scores (6-24 months).

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2017

Erschienen:

2017

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:104

Enthalten in:

World neurosurgery - 104(2017) vom: 30. Aug., Seite 660-667

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Yao, Yuan [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Huiyu [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Huan [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Zhengfeng [VerfasserIn]
Tang, Yu [VerfasserIn]
Zhou, Yue [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Bone grafting
Comparative Study
Debridement
Instrumentation
Journal Article
Lumbar spinal tuberculosis

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Date Completed 29.09.2017

Date Revised 29.09.2017

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.wneu.2017.05.076

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM272274054