[The surgical treatment of destructive forms of tuberculosis of the cervical spine].

The paper analyzes the outcomes of surgical treatment in 19 patients with tuberculosis of the cervical part of the vertebral column. All the patients had surgical treatment: abscessotomy, sparing resection of a destruction area, decompression of the spinal cord, removal of kyphotic deformity by restoring the axis of the vertebral column. The existing defect was filled with an autograft in 7 cases, with a biocompatible implant by applying benemycin to its surface in 12 cases.

[Autohemotransfusion in the surgical treatment of tuberculous spondylitis].

The analysis of 30 cases of intraoperative autohemotransfusion performed in surgical treatment of destructive pulmonary spondylitis demonstrated that such transfusions with controlled hemodilution provide uncomplicated anesthesia, stable hemodynamics in reduced quantities of donor blood.