One-Stage Posterior Debridement and Transpedicular Screw Fixation for Treating Monosegmental Thoracic and Lumbar Spinal Tuberculosis in Adults

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A 30-year-old female patient presented with spinal tubercular spondylodiscitis at L4-5 with a paravertebral abscess (a–d). After one-stage posterior debridement, interbody fusion with autogenous bone grafting, and fixation with pedicle screw, this defect of the spine was reconstructed in sagittal profile (e, f). 12 months postoperatively, a successful bony fusion was observed in reconstruction CT film (g).

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