Trends in Spinal Surgery for Pott's Disease (2000-2016): An Overview and Bibliometric Study.

ABSTRACT:

Study design

Systematic review.

Objectives

(1) What are the surgical indications? Have they changed over time since the year 2000? (2) What is the current surgical approaches of choice? Have they changed over time since the year 2000? Do they vary by geographical region? (3) What are the most common outcome measures following surgery?

Methods

Electronic databases and reference lists of key articles were searched from database inception from January 1, 2000 to December 31, 2016 to identify studies specifically evaluating surgical indications, current surgical approaches, and outcome measures for spinal tuberculosis.

Results

Six randomized controlled trials were identified from our search (1 excluded: no surgical arm identified after review) Neurological deficit,

SUBMITTER: Fisahn C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5722002 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature