[Analysis of failure reasons for postoperative patients of spinal tuberculosis complicated with paraplegia of 32 cases].

Objective: To discuss the failure reasons of operation for spinal tuberculosis complicated with paraplegia and methods of the second operation.

Methods: Spinal tuberculosis paraplegic patients (18 males, 14 females) were reviewed retrospectively. They have been treated with failing decompressive surgery from January 2001 to December 2006.