Characteristics of patients with spinal tuberculosis: seven-year experience of a teaching hospital in Southwest China.

International Orthopaedics
Hongwei WangYue Zhou

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to investigate the characteristics of patients managed for spinal tuberculosis at the orthopaedics department of a teaching hospital in Chongqing, China, between 2004 and 2010. The study used a retrospective chart review. The epidemiology, clinical features, laboratory test results, imaging study findings, and treatment methods were recorded. The annual incidence of spinal tuberculosis was stable throughout the study period. There were 284 patients, 147 women and 137 men, with a mean age of 38.2 years. The majority of the lesions involved the thoracic spine (45.3%), followed by the lumbar spine (45.0%). Multiple level skip lesions were seen in 5.6% of cases. The erythrocyte sedimentation rate was normal in 26.8% of patients. The C-reactive protein (CRP) was normal in 30.2% of patients. Type A and type O were the most common blood types. Neurological involvement was seen in 21.8% of patients. Concomitant tuberculosis of the lung was seen in 73 (25.7%). The patients with middle school education and above account for 60.4% (102/169) in rural patients and 68.7% (79/115) in urban patients. Mean time from symptom onset to diagnosis was 18.0 months (range, three days to 360 months), and there was a signif...Continue Reading

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