TY - JOUR A2 - Quinn, Frederick D. AU - Cao, Guangru AU - Rao, JingCheng AU - Cai, Yuqiang AU - Wang, Chong AU - Liao, Wenbo AU - Chen, Taiyong AU - Qin, Jianpu AU - Yuan, Hao AU - Wang, Peng PY - 2018 DA - 2018/09/23 TI - Analysis of Treatment and Prognosis of 863 Patients with Spinal Tuberculosis in Guizhou Province SP - 3265735 VL - 2018 AB - The objective of this study was to investigate the treatment and prognosis of patients with spinal tuberculosis in Guizhou province. A total of 863 patients with spinal tuberculosis admitted to our hospital from 2006 to 2017 were included in this study. All patients underwent standardized quadruple antituberculosis treatment. Eighty patients were lost to follow-up due to a change of their contact information or noncompliance. A total of 783 patients completed the follow-up. The average follow-up period was 20.33 ± 8.77 months (range: 6 to 38 months). Among these patients, 145 patients underwent conservative treatment, while 638 patients underwent surgical treatment. All patients in the surgery group were treated with lesion removal, bone graft fusion, and internal fixation. Preoperative and postoperative standard quadruple antituberculosis treatment was administered. The clinical efficacy was evaluated according to erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR), c-reactive protein (CRP), visual analogue scale (VAS), Cobb angle correction, neurological functional recovery, and interbody fusion with bone graft and tuberculosis outcome. A total of 608 patients achieved clinical cure. The symptoms, physical signs, blood tests and imaging findings were improved in 143 patients. Twenty patients showed refractory clinical symptoms, and 12 patients had local tuberculosis recurrence. Conservative and surgical treatments are the mainstream treatments for spinal tuberculosis. According to the patients’ individual conditions, individualized treatments should be used to achieve good efficacy. Standardized antituberculosis treatment should be applied over the course of spinal tuberculosis. SN - 2314-6133 UR - https://doi.org/10.1155/2018/3265735 DO - 10.1155/2018/3265735 JF - BioMed Research International PB - Hindawi KW - ER -