Neurologia medico-chirurgica
Online ISSN : 1349-8029
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Posterior Circumferential Decompression for Late Onset Paraparesis Caused by Kyphotic Deformity Due to Infantile Tuberculosis
—Case Report—
Takashi ASAZUMAYoshiaki TOYAMANobumasa SUZUKIYoshikazu FUJIMURA
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2004 Volume 44 Issue 10 Pages 554-557

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A 46-year-old male presented with late onset of paraparesis caused by kyphotic deformity due to infantile tuberculosis. A posterior circumferential decompression was performed from the sixth thoracic to the eighth thoracic levels. His neurological status improved with no evidence of kyphosis progression at the last follow up (2 years 5 months postoperatively). The paraparesis was caused by bony compression following increasing kyphosis above and below the block vertebrae due to growth. Posterior circumferential decompression is a less invasive surgical intervention for this condition.
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