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INDIAN JOURNAL OF ORTHOPAEDICS
Volume 48, Issue 2, Pages 136-+Publisher
WOLTERS KLUWER MEDKNOW PUBLICATIONS
DOI: 10.4103/0019-5413.128747
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Kyphus correction; pediatric tuberculosis; osteoarticular tuberculosis; tuberculosis of spine
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Spine of the child has unique anatomy and growth potential to grow to adult size. Tuberculosis ( TB) spine results in bone loss as well as disturbed growth potential, hence spinal deformities may progress as the child grows. The growth potential is also disturbed when the disease focus is surgically intervened. Surgery is indicated for complications such as deformity, neurological deficit, instability, huge abscess, diagnostic dilemma and in suspected drug resistance to mycobacterium tuberculosis. The child on antitubercular treatment needs to be periodically evaluated for weight gain and drug dosages need to be adjusted accordingly. The severe progressive kyphotic deformity should be surgically corrected. Mild to moderate cases should be followed up until maturity to observe progression/improvement of spinal deformity. The surgical correction of kyphotic deformity in active disease is less hazardous than in a healed kyphosis. The internal kyphectomy by extra pleural approach allows adequate removal of internal salient in paraplegic patients with healed kyphotic deformity.
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