The experience in tuberculous spondylitis treatment taking into account the susceptibility of mycobacteria tuberculosis to antibacterial medicines

Abstract

The new method of TS treatment in the main group compared to traditional standards of surgical interventions in the control group allowed: 1) to avoid the progression of TS, the development of complications of the disease (p < 0.05) and complications related to the transplant (fractures, displacement of the autograft, cage) (p < 0.05), in the early postoperative period; 2) significantly increase the effectiveness of treatment due to an increase in excellent results (46.7 and 26.7 %, respectively) and a decrease in satisfactory (13.3 and 23.3 %) and unsatisfactory (0.0 and 10.0 %; p < 0.05) of the results in the remote terms of observation; 3) significantly shorten the inpatient stage of treatment ((96 ± 12) and (190 ± 21) bed-days; p < 0.001).