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Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery for Tubercular Spondylitis
Joint Authors
Gogna, Paritosh
Parshad, Sanjeev
Karwasra, Rajender Kumar
Karwasra, Parmod Kumar
Kaur, Kiranpreet
Singh, Roop
Source
Issue
Vol. 2014, Issue 2014 (31 Dec. 2014), pp.1-8, 8 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2014-04-03
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
8
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
The present study evaluated the outcome of video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) in 9 patients (males = 6, females = 3) with clinico-radiological diagnosis of tubercular spondylitis of the dorsal spine.
The mean duration of surgery was 140.88 ± 20.09 minutes, mean blood was 417.77 ± 190.90 mL, and mean duration of postoperative hospital stay was 5.77 ± 0.97 days, Seven patients had a preoperative Grade A neurological involvement, while at the time of final followup the only deficit was Grade D power in 2 patients.
In patients without bone graft placement (n = 6), average increase in Kyphosis angle was 16°, while in patients with bone graft placement (n = 3) the deformity remained stationary.
At the time of final follow up, fusion was achieved in all patients, the VAS score for back pain improved from a pretreatment score of 8.3 to 2, and the function assessment yielded excellent (n = 4) to good (n = 5) results.
In two patients minithoracotomy had to be resorted due to extensive pleural adhesions (n = 1) or difficulty in placement of graft (n = 1).
Videoassisted thoracoscopic surgery provides a safe and effective approach in the management of spinal tuberculosis.
It has the advantages of decreased blood loss and post operative morbidity with minimal complications.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Singh, Roop& Gogna, Paritosh& Parshad, Sanjeev& Karwasra, Rajender Kumar& Karwasra, Parmod Kumar& Kaur, Kiranpreet. 2014. Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery for Tubercular Spondylitis. Minimally Invasive Surgery،Vol. 2014, no. 2014, pp.1-8.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1044004
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Singh, Roop…[et al.]. Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery for Tubercular Spondylitis. Minimally Invasive Surgery No. 2014 (2014), pp.1-8.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1044004
American Medical Association (AMA)
Singh, Roop& Gogna, Paritosh& Parshad, Sanjeev& Karwasra, Rajender Kumar& Karwasra, Parmod Kumar& Kaur, Kiranpreet. Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery for Tubercular Spondylitis. Minimally Invasive Surgery. 2014. Vol. 2014, no. 2014, pp.1-8.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1044004
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1044004