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Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, 1947;29:136-148.
© 1947 by The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Inc

THE FORMATION AND SIGNIFICANCE OF VERTEBRAL ANKYLOSIS IN TUBERCULOUS SPINES

JOSÉ PUIG GURI M.D.1

1 Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, State University of Iowa, Iowa City

The effects of a given treatment upon the evolution of a tuberculous spondylitis cannot be properly evaluated, unless time different topograpincal types of tuberculous spondylitis, the number of infected vertebrae, the pathomechanics of the different spinal segments, and the alterations in the structure of the vertebral body produced by the infection are taken into consideration. Only after careful consideration of all these factors, is it possible to understand why in some cases sound healing may take place in one and a half to two years after the onset of symptonms, while in other cases the process continues to progress for longer periods of time.


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