[Comparision of clinical effects between one-stage anterior and posterior approach in treating thoracolumbar tuberculosis with debridement and internal fixation].

Objective: To compare the outcomes of surgical operation by posterior or anterior approach only for thoracolumbar tuberculosis.

Methods: The clinical data of 97 patients with thoracolumbar tuberculosis underwent debridement and internal fixation from January 2005 to December 2014 were retrospectively analyzed. The study included 59 males and 38 females, with a mean age of 53.

Management of combined atlas-axis fractures: a review of forty one cases.

Purpose: To outline a management principle for the combined atlas (C1)-axis (C2) fractures and assess its therapeutic effects.

Methods: Forty-one patients with combined C1-C2 fractures were treated according to their C2 fracture types. Non-operative external immobilization in the form of a cervical collar or halo vest was used in 22 patients.