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Gender: Female
Age: 70
Symptom Description: Tuberculosis infection causes the vertebra destruction at the T12 and neurological compression.
Treatment: The anterior procedure was performed to debride the affected area and insert bone grafts, the posterior procedure were also performed on bone fusion and instrumentation and cure the patient.
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Gender: Male
Age: 51
Symptom Description: Tuberculosis infection at L2-3 region cause kyphosis and neurological compression, the patient developed paresis of both lower extremities and severe back pain.
Treatment: The anterior debridement, bone fusion and posterior instrumentation were performed to reconstruct the spine.
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Gender: Female
Age: 17
Symptom Description: Pyogenic infection at L1-2 region cause kyphosis and neurological compression. Chill and fever persisted for months.
Treatment: Anterior debridement, strut bone graft, posterior instrumentation and fusion were performed to cure the patient.
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Gender: Male
Age:30
Symptom Description:Tuberculosis at T11-L1 region cause severe kyphosis and neurologic compression.
Treatment:Anterior debridement, corpectomy, strut bone graft, posterior correction and instrumentation were performed to reconstruct the spine.
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Gender: Male
Age: 46
Symptom Description: Severe kyphosis with cord compression at thoracolumbar region due to tuberculosis infection. He could not stand or walk and developed incontinence.
Treatment: Circumferential decompression and posterior correction improved the patient’s neurologic function to normal.
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