Surgical correction of severe cervical kyphosis secondary to tuberculoid Pott’s disease: illustrative case
The combined anterior-posterior surgical approach for cervical PD is recommended when kyphosis is severe. With appropriate surgical and medical management, most patients recover well without recurrence of symptoms. https://thejns.org/doi/10.3171/CASE24652.
Authors
- Alejandro Pando
- Misha Movahed-Ezazi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9249-5498)
- J. Fred Mullins (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0417-330X)
- Drew Thibault
- Timothy Wong
Institutions
- Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey (US)
- Rutgers New Jersey Medical School (US)
- Liberty University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Neurosurgery Case Lessons
- Published
- 2025-02-24
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3171/case24652
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Infectious Diseases and Tuberculosis
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 4.01