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Table 3 Demographic, TB pathology, neurological status, and surgery-related complication rate in 17 cases

From: Treatment effect, postoperative complications, and their reasons in juvenile thoracic and lumbar spinal tuberculosis surgery

 

Age

Sex

Tuberculosis pathology

Neurological injury

Surgery method

Osteotomy

Complication

Outcome

1

7

M

T6–T10

Fankel C

Posterior

Osteotomy

Kyphosis aggravated

Fankel D

2

6

F

T8–T10

None

Posterior

Osteotomy

Kyphosis aggravated

Intact

3

12

F

T9–T10

None

Posterior

Osteotomy

Kyphosis aggravated

Intact

4

8

F

T10–T11

None

Posterior

 

Pedicle cut

Intact

5

8

F

T11, T12

Fankel D

Posterior

 

Proximal adjacent kyphosis

Fankel E

6

5

M

T11, T12

Fankel D

Anterior + posterior

 

Internal fixation broken

Fankel E

7

11

F

T12–L1, L2

None

Anterior + posterior

 

Proximal adjacent kyphosis

Intact

8

15

F

T9–T12

None

Posterior

 

Kyphosis aggravated

Intact

9

5

M

T8–T10

None

Posterior

 

Proximal adjacent kyphosis

Intact

10

14

F

T8, T9

Fankel D

Posterior

 

Proximal adjacent kyphosis

Fankel E

11

16

M

T10–T12

None

Anterior + posterior

 

Proximal adjacent kyphosis

Intact

12

18

F

T12–L1

None

Anterior + posterior

 

TB recurrence

Intact

13

4

F

T10–L1

Fankel C

Posterior

Osteotomy

Kyphosis aggravated

Fankel E

14

17

M

T12–L3

None

Posterior

 

Kyphosis aggravated

Intact

15

6

M

T9–T12

Fankel D

Posterior

 

Proximal adjacent kyphosis

Fankel E

16

14

M

T8, T9

None

Posterior

 

Proximal adjacent kyphosis

Intact

17

11

M

T10, T11

None

Anterior + posterior

 

Proximal adjacent kyphosis

Intact