Abstract
Objective This study aimed to determine the efficacy of computed tomography (CT)-guided local catheterization for the treatment of spinal tuberculosis (TB) with abscess. Methods Clinical data from 22 cases of lumbar TB with abscess receiving treatments from July 2015 to January 2021 were analyzed. Some patients (n = 11) underwent pure surgery (control group) and the others (n = 11) received CT-guided catheterization drainage. The operation and hospitalization time, erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR), visual analog scale (VAS), ASIA damage grade, and C-reactive protein (CRP) levels of both groups were compared. Results The operation time, intraoperative blood loss, and hospital stay of the observation group were significantly less than those of the control group (P < 0.05). As the differences in preoperative ESR, CRP, and VAS scores between both groups did not reach significance (P > 0.05), after treatments, the observation group had a lower level of ESR and CRP (P < 0.05); the postoperative VAS scores of the two groups decreased (P > 0.05). Before treatment, the control group comprised 2 cases of ASIA grade A, 1 case of B, 6 cases of C, and 2 cases of D with 3 patients having dyskinesia. After surgery, the motor function of the patients was improved, and there were 3 cases of ASIA D and 8 cases of E. Meanwhile, the preoperative observation group consisted of 9 cases of ASIA D and 2 cases of E. Due to CT-guided catheterization, all patients achieved clinical healing (ASIA E) when the lesions were significantly alleviated, and symptoms such as low back pain and lower extremity pain disappeared. Conclusion CT-guided percutaneous catheter drainage for continuous administration of drugs is effective treatment for spinal TB with abscess, when shortening the operation and hospitalization time and reducing intraoperative blood loss and erythrocyte sedimentation rate. It is worthy of popularization and application.
Highlights
Following global COVID-19 epidemic, the numbers of new tuberculosis (TB) patients in 2020 kept increasing month by month
Continuous administration of anti-TB drugs via computed tomography (CT)-guided percutaneous catheterization and drainage lavage are widely applied to practice and have great therapeutic advantages. is study aimed to determine the efficacy of CT-guided local catheterization for the treatment of spinal TB with abscess
CT is a minimally invasive technique reducing postoperative pain and resulting in fast recovery; it clearly displays the structures with very small density so that the vertebral body and nearby anatomical structures and Preoperative ASIA level
Summary
Following global COVID-19 epidemic, the numbers of new tuberculosis (TB) patients in 2020 kept increasing month by month. Lumbar TB and thoracic TB are the most common form of spinal TB; without any typical symptoms in the early stage, patients spinal TB are usually diagnosed at an advanced stage when having large spinal tuberculous abscesses [3]. Abscesses are first present in front of vertebral body or beneath vertebral periosteum; as the condition progresses, gravitation abscess lifts up the periosteum of spinal vertebrae and adjacent vertebrae to form a large paravertebral abscess, which causes localized pain and mass and even paraplegia due to compression of the spinal cord by the accumulation of pus in the spinal canal [4]. Is study aimed to determine the efficacy of CT-guided local catheterization for the treatment of spinal TB with abscess Continuous administration of anti-TB drugs via computed tomography (CT)-guided percutaneous catheterization and drainage lavage are widely applied to practice and have great therapeutic advantages. is study aimed to determine the efficacy of CT-guided local catheterization for the treatment of spinal TB with abscess
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