Archives of orthopaedic and trauma surgery
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Arch Orthop Trauma Surg · Sep 2023
Multicenter StudyA novel classification of osteotomized debridement based on the range of focus in treating active thoracolumbar tuberculosis: a multicenter study.
Osteotomized debridement (OD) is increasingly used in the treatment of active thoracolumbar tuberculosis (TB). So far, no nomenclature has been established to describe the patterns of OD, and thus the surgical outcomes cannot be directly analyzed and compared among the patients treated with different extents of OD. The purpose of this study was to establish a reliable classification of OD for further study of spinal TB. ⋯ This classification proved to be intuitive and reliable. The graded OD provides a platform for preoperative evaluation and allows comparative analysis of clinical outcomes in different extents of OD.