[Possibilities of reducing the duration of the treatment of patients with tuberculous spondylitis].

In the article are described the results of operative treatment of 185 patients with tuberculous spondylitis. In order to restore stability there was carried out posterior spondylidesis after Genle with removal o ffoci by means of posterior access in 70 patients. 115 patients were subjected to anterolateral spondylidesis, 55 of them--by generally accepted method and 60--with creation of trapezoid lock between the body of a vertebra and transplants. In this group of patients was used removable jacket made of polivike before the patient's elevation. In this case the term of the stationary treatment of the III group patients was reduced by 2 times as compared with the I group and by 22--I day as compared with the 2 group. Long-term results were studied from 6 months to 7 years. In the first group there were excellent results in 67%, good in 20% and bad in 13% of cases. In the patients of the 2 and 3 group there were excellent results in 96%, good in 3.4% and bad in 0.6% of cases, when there was observed resolution of transplant with 1 patient of the 2 group.