Abstract

The authors reviewed 15 cases of spinal tuberculosis from 2013 to 2014 attending NH Mallareddy hospital, Suraram, Qutbullapur, Hyderabad. A real control of tuberculou disease requires a serious and sustained global effort to eliminate immune-compromised states, poverty, malnutrition and overcrowding. Tuberculosis of the spine is one of the most common spine pathology in India. Over last four decades a lot has changed in the diagnosis, medical treatment and surgical procedures to treat this disorder. More common in poorly nourished, over crowed and in subnormal social conditions. Early diagnosis and management of spinal tuberculosis has special importance in preventing the serious complications like kyphosis, paraperesis, paraplegia etc.

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