Xiyang Wang

TL;DR: Single posterior debridement/bone grafting/instrumentation for single-segment of thoracic or lumbar spine tuberculosis produced good clinical results, except in patients who had a psoas abscess.

TL;DR: With standardized anti-TB chemotherapy, thoracolumbar spinal tuberculosis with psoas abscesses could be effectively treated by one-stage posterior transforaminal lumbar debridement, interbody fusion, posterior instrumentation, and postural drainage.

TL;DR: One-stage posterior-only transpedicular debridement, interbody fusion, and posterior fixation followed by chemotherapy seems to be adequate for obtaining satisfactory healing of single-segment thoracic spinal tuberculosis with neurological deficits.

TL;DR: The AO approach surgery should be limitedly used for severe CTSTB, while the AP approach had got satisfactory clinical and radiographic outcomes, but with larger trauma and more complications, which should be reservedly performed for mildCTSTB.

TL;DR: Investigating the effectiveness and feasibility of single-stage transpedicular decompression, debridement, posterior instrumentation, and fusion in the treatment of thoracic TB with kyphosis and spinal cord compression in aged individuals found it an effective and safe method.