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Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, 1949;31:267-274.
© 1949 by The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Inc

TUBERCULOSIS OF THE SPINE

An Analysis of Cases Treated Surgically

David M. Bosworth M.D.1 and Jack Levine M.D.1

1 Orthopaedic Service, Sea View Hospital, Staten Island, New York

1. In tuberculosis of the neural arch the prognosis is poor, but fusion is often successful.

2. While negroes appear more susceptible to tuberculosis of the spine than white patients, they have an equal chance for recovery when offered adequate surgery and care.

3. Children with Pott's disease progressed unfavorably under conservative care at Sea View Hospital, but presented the greatest and most rapid recovery rate in the whole series when fusion was done.

4. Pulmonary tuberculosis, when controlled by modern methods, does not appear to affect the prognosis in the patients operated upon.

5. Amyloid disease accompanying tuberculosis of the spine is practically always fatal.


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