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Neurosurgical management of spinal tuberculosis and associated patient outcomes in Africa: a scoping review

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Background Spinal tuberculosis, also known as Pott’s disease, is one of the commonest forms of skeletal tuberculosis. It accounts for about 50% of musculoskeletal tuberculosis. It leads to deformity of the spine and neurological conditions if not treated
Abdulbasit Opeyemi Muili, Abdullahi Adekola Adesoye, Queen Amarachi Obikeze, Vidushi Joshi, Godswill Uzoechina, Peter Nganga Wambu, Ajayi Williams Ayomide, Jolly Thomas, Abdulqoyum Sunkanmi Olawuyi, Abdulazeez Akinpelumi Alani, Muhyideen Radiyah Damilola, Agaba Richard, Muntaqim Obasanjo Opabode, Okikiola Sobuur Fagbolade, Roheem Babatunde Makinde, Adedoyin James, Afolabi Oluwatobiloba John   +16 more
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Guidelines or Other Guidance Documents for Rare Diseases in the Netherlands: When and Where to Invest (Effort, Time and Money)?

Clinical and Public Health Guidelines, Volume 3, Issue 3, July 2026.
ABSTRACT Introduction Developing Clinical Practice Guidelines (CPGs) is resource‐intensive, making it essential to prioritise those CPG projects that are most needed. One of the rules pertains to prevalence, which excludes virtually all guideline development for rare diseases. Still, guidance is needed for their management.
Iméze J. Hieltjes, Charlotte M. W. Gaasterland, Marieke Hermsen, Anne Marie van Wermeskerken, Ilse van Herk, Johanna H. van der Lee   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Epilepsy: Epidemiology, Molecular Pathogenesis, and Clinical Management

MedComm, Volume 7, Issue 7, July 2026.
Epilepsy is a heterogeneous and chronically evolving brain network disorder. This review integrates epidemiological burden, psychiatric comorbidities, and cyclic seizure patterns with multiscale pathogenic mechanisms, including ion‐channel dysfunction, synaptic transmission defects, neuroinflammation, metabolic and mitochondrial dysfunction, and ...
Jian Liu, Xinyan Wu, Ting Yin, Feining Huang, Manqi Kong, Yu Yang, Zinan Liu, Jiabin Yu, Tianpeng Zhang   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Dorsolumbar junction spinal tuberculosis in an infant

, 2005
The treatment of spinal tuberculosis is a challenging and controversial problem. The authors present the rare case of an 8-month-old infant with dorsolumbar junction tuberculosis.
Dogulu, F, M. Kemali Baykaner, Baykaner, MK, Tufan, K, Oztanir, N, Fikret Dogulu, Kardes, O, Ozgur Kardes, Kadir Tufan, Namik Oztanir   +9 more
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Human tuberculosis - an ancient disease, as elucidated by ancient microbial biomolecules

, 2009
Tuberculosis is a major cause of death but infected people with effective immunity may remain healthy for years, suggesting long-term coexistence of host and pathogen.
Donoghue, HD
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Comparative Clinical Efficacy and Safety of Multi‐Segment Thoracolumbar Tuberculosis Treated Through the Posterior “Detour Method” Versus the Combined Anterior–Posterior Approach: A Technique Note and Preliminary Retrospective Study

Orthopaedic Surgery, Volume 18, Issue 7, Page 1508-1517, July 2026.
A simple schematic diagram; the red dashed arrow indicates the direction of surgical decompression. ABSTRACT Objective With the progress of spinal tuberculosis treatment theory and surgical tools, how to further improve the surgical efficacy, reduce surgical trauma, and increase safety in multi‐segmental spinal tuberculosis is still controversial ...
Dian Zhong, Wei Zeng, Guosheng Zhao, Yu Du, Yang Wang, Zhenyong Ke   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Spinal cord involvement in tuberculous meningitis

, 2015
Objectives: To summarize the incidence and spectrum of spinal cord-related complications in patients of tuberculous meningitis. Setting: Reports from multiple countries were included.
Malhotra, H. S., Garg, R. K., Gupta, R., H S Malhotra, R K Garg, R Gupta   +5 more
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Spinal Tuberculosis (Pott’s Disease)

, 2012
Researchers at Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children and Institute of Child Health, London, UK reviewed their experience of childhood spinal tuberculosis (TB) over a 15-year period (1995-2010)
J Gordon Millichap
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Skeletal tuberculosis

, 2012
[Extract] INTRODUCTION — Tuberculosis (TB), including skeletal tuberculosis, is an ancient infection based upon evidence from remains. The typical features of spinal TB have been identified in Egyptian mummies dating back to almost 4000 BC [1 ...
Sexton, Daniel J., McDonald, Malcolm
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Spinal subdural tuberculous abscess

, 2000
Objectives: Spinal subdural abscess Is rare and only 45 cases have been described to date. In this report, we present an additional spinal subdural tuberculous abscess. Method: Tuberculous meningitis was diagnosed with clinical and laboratory findings in
Özates, M, Sari, I, Ü Özkan, Kemaloglu, S, I Sari, Özkan, Ü, S Kemaloglu, S Hos̨oglu, Hosoglu, S, M Özates̨   +9 more
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