Owing to the development of the chemotherapy, the conservative treatment of spinal tuberculosis has been effective.
1) A follow-up study showed that many cases had been cured with the conservative treatment for two to three years, but there were a considerable number of cases which had been treated more than five years.
2) The number and type of the surgery we have done, is as following:
a) Posterior spinal fusion…76
b) Debridement by posterior approach…65
c) Debridement by anterior approach…23
d) Anterior spinal fusion…22
3) The clinical opservation revealed that most cases had been cured with surgical treatmant for one to three years and the cases cured with surgery for more than five years had been much less than that with conservative treatment.
4) As for the surgical procedure, anterior spinal fusion is thought to be most excellent procedure.
