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- Title
The outcomes of chemotherapy only treatment on mild spinal tuberculosis.
- Authors
Zehua Zhang; Fei Luo; Qiang Zhou; Fei Dai; Dong Sun; Jianzhong Xu
- Abstract
Background: The treatments for spinal tuberculosis (TB) patients without absolute surgical indications have been controversial. Some people believed that most spinal TB patients were indicated for surgery, while other people believed in chemotherapy only. To help clarify the treatment over spinal TB patients without absolute surgical indications, we characterized a subtype spinal TB and then analyzed the treatment outcomes of standard chemotherapy alone. Methods: In this retrospective study, 740 adult patients of spinal TB from January 2005 to January 2013 in our institution were reviewed. Patients who fit into the characterizations of mild spinal TB were started by standard chemotherapy for 18 months and followed up for at least 2 years upon the completion of treatment. The overall outcome, neurological function, local kyphosis, and level of pain at different time points were assessed. Results: After starting the conservative treatment, 89 out of 740 patients were chosen for chemotherapy alone, and all patients were followed up for at least 2 years (ranging from 24 to 50 months) upon the completion of the treatment. Of 89 patients, 95.4% of patients showed a definite and clinical response within 1 month after starting the treatment, 69% of patients had excellent to good results, with no complications of the disease, and 77.5% had asymptomatic local kyphosis with intact neurological function; solid bony fusion of adjacent segment was achieved in 88.8% of patients. Conclusions: We believe that the mild spinal TB respond well to the standard chemotherapy, and the detailed description of mild TB would provide crucial guidance in determination of conservative treatment.
- Subjects
CANCER chemotherapy; MEDICAL protocols; RESEARCH funding; SPINAL tuberculosis; TIME; TREATMENT effectiveness; RETROSPECTIVE studies; EVALUATION
- Publication
Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery & Research, 2016, Vol 11, p1
- ISSN
1749-799X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1186/s13018-016-0385-y