Spine
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Multicenter Study Clinical Trial Controlled Clinical Trial
Tuberculous lesions of the lumbosacral region. A 15-year follow-up of patients treated by ambulant chemotherapy.
A 15-year clinical follow-up of tuberculous lesions of the lumbosacral region. ⋯ In tuberculosis of the lumbosacral region, the development of kyphosis is minimal in patients older than 17 years, when growth has already stopped, and deformity is expressed more as foreshortening of the trunk. Children younger than 10 years old have more severe involvement with increased tendency toward greater kyphosis. They are also prone to progressive deformity through the years when the anterior growth plates are destroyed. Surgery is indicated in this group to prevent greater deformity.