Isolated Posterior Instrumentation for Selected Cases of Thoracic and Lumbar Spinal Tuberculosis without Radical Debridement

Abstract Background The purpose of this study was to evaluate the clinical outcomes of thoracic and lumbar spinal tuberculosis treated with isolated posterior instrumentation without radical debridement. Methods This study retrospectively analyzed 73 patients with thoracic and lumbar spinal tuberculosis who were treated using isolated posterior instrumentation without radical debridement in our hospital between January 2012 to December 2019. The patient group was composed of 42 men and 31 women with a mean age of 67.3 ± 8.6 years. The tuberculosis spine instability score (TSIS) was used to evaluate spine stabili…