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. 2011 Oct 30;36(2):373–380. doi: 10.1007/s00264-011-1389-1

Table 4.

References focused on kyphosis (>30°) correction in active spinal tuberculosis

References No. of patients Stage Surgical approach Type of instrumentation Operation time (min) Blood loss (ml) Follow-up (months) Kyphosis angle (Pre) (°) Kyphosis angle (Pos.) (°) Final follow-up (°)
Children Adults
Louw, 1990 [10] 9 10 One 6 Ant – Post. PS. H. W. NA Ant. 674, Post. 556, 25.5 56 27 30
Two 13 One 878
Altman, 1996 [29] 5 None Two Ant – Post. No instrument NA NA 12.8 years 100 71.2 74.8
Al-Sebai, 2001 [3] 6 8 O / T Ant – Post. PS. H. NA NA 40 50 19 NA
Chen, 2002 [12] 1 28 Two Ant – Post. PS. H. W. NA NA 4.7 years 34.6 14.9 17.3
Sundararaj, 2003 [13] 77 One 70 Ant – Post. PS. H. W. 5 hours for one stage 1000 ml for one stage 36.7 Dorsal 26.93 Dorsal 15.86 Dorsal 20.25
Dorsolumbar 32.4 Dorsolumbar 14.6 Dorsolumbar 17.4
Two 7 Lumbar 15.36 Lumbar −1.28 Lumbar 2.24
Lumbosacral −14 Lumbosacral −28 Lumbosacral −14.33
Mukhtar, 2003 [27] 22 One 12 Ant – Post. 9 PS. H. W. NA NA >18 42 15 18
Two 10 Post – Ant. 13
Zhang, 2007 [26] None 23 One Ant – Post. PS. H. 172 1100 42 44 20 24
Huang, 2009 [25] 15 None One Ant – Post. PS. 263 650 30.3 36 23 27
Jain. 2008 [20] 38 One Anterolateral Extrapleural W. 3.5 hours 1175 32.9 49.08 22.5 24
Deng, 2009 [15] 34 One Post. PS. 208 410 4.5 years 57.8 NA 11.4
Gokce, 2008 [24] None 12 One Post. PS. 4.6 hours 1900 62 51.1 23.2 28.6
Laheri, 2001 [16] 10 18 One Post. PS. H. W. NA 850 5.8 years 63.5 23.5 26.7
Hirakawa, 2010 [30] None 10 Two Post – Ant. PS. H. W. Post. 219±66; Ant. 289±157 Post. 627±444; Ant. 627±444 48.2 35.6±39.2 26.2±35.5 31.3±38.7
Moon, 1995 [28] 5 39 One 19 Post – Ant. PS. H. W. NA NA 18 Adult 37 Adult 16 Adult 18
Two 25 Child 55 Child 28 Child 31

O / T one stage or two stage, Ant anterior, Post posterior, PS pedicle screws, H hooks, W sublaminar wires, NA not mentioned