1992 Volume 40 Issue 4 Pages 1466-1469
A 64-year-old man who had suffered from syphilis twenty years before complained of numbness and weakness on his left lower extremity in May 1988. He was made a diagnosis of lumbar canal stenosis and treated with laminectomy from L3 to L5. After surgery, his symptom was improved. But he recomplained of lightening pain on his right lower extremity and gait distubance in December 1989. The diagnosis of charcot spine was made by the characteristic X-p findings and his past history. He underwent posterolateral fusion with pedicular screw system (Steffee) from L3 to L5. Solid union is not achieved but clinical result is good.
