| Objective: To study the characteristics and the effets of surgical treatments with and without internal fixation in cervical tuberculosis. Methods: fifty-seven cases of cervical tuberculosis were treated with anterior debridement and interbody antografting from 1998 to 2005. thirty-six cases of these cases were treated with Orion and Zephir plate fixation, the other cases were treated without internal fixation. Results: All cases were followed-up for an average of 40 months. Neurologic function of all cases improved by Frankel grade, the cases used internal fixation had a higer recoveration rate (P<0.0l) and quicker speed (P<0.01) than cases without internal fixation. Conclusion: Internal fixation plays an important role in surgical treatment of cervical tuberculosis by early reconstructing spinal stability, speeding bone fusion and lessing arrest. |
