Tuberculosis of the Spine [electronic resource] / edited by Sarvdeep Singh Dhatt, Vishal Kumar.

1 Historical perspectives of musculoskeletal tuberculosis -- 2 History of tuberculosis spine (post – att era) -- 3 Epidemiology of Tuberculosis of Spine -- 4 Anatomy and pathophysiology of TB spine -- 5 Clinical presentation, features and examination of a case of suspected tuberculosis -- 6 Microbiological diagnosis of spinal tuberculosis -- 7 Diagnostic Modalities in TB Spine - Clinical Laboratory diagnosis and technological advancements -- 8 Radiology in TB spine (X-rays, ultrasound, CT, MRI) -- 9 Role of Nuclear Medicine in TB Spine -- 10 FNAC and Biopsy Techniques in TB Spine -- 11 Differential diagnosis of Spinal Infections -- 12 TB spine in children -- 13 The Medical management of spinal tuberculosis -- 14 Multidrug Resistance and Extensively Drug Resistant Tuberculosis – Diagnosis and Management Protocols -- 15 Complications and Management in Tuberculosis of the Spine -- 16 Surgical management of in TB spine – indications and overview with postoperative protocols -- 17 Surgical Management of Cervical Spine Tuberculosis -- 18 Anterior Surgical Approaches- TB Spine -- 19 Posterior approach for TB Spine -- 20 Lateral Extracavitary Approach in the Surgical Management of Tuberculosis of the Spine -- 21 Drug eluting ceramics in the field of spinal infections -- 22 Extensile approaches to the spine in Tuberculosis -- 23 Role of Full Endoscopic Procedures in management of Tuberculosis of Spine -- 24 Surgical treatment of TB kyphosis -- 25 Post Tuberculosis Sagittal Balance of the Spine – Challenges and Approach -- 26 TB spine in special conditions -- 27 Advancements in the Surgical Management of Spinal Tuberculosis -- 28 End point for TB spine?.

This book covers all aspects and dimensions of tuberculosis affecting the spine, starting from its historical perspective to modern trends in early diagnosis, management, and rehabilitation. This book is a treatise fulfilling all the existing wide lacunae in suspicion, clinical examination, diagnosis, and management of this disease which still dwells as a mystery in modern medicine. It presents very easy to follow management plan algorithms and keynotes for easy and ready reference in each chapter. It describes the recent advances in diagnostic modalities and the treatment regimes, along with controversies, that have been elucidated and concluded with firm and sound references from evidence-based literature. This book also showcases the varied presentations of the disease as per varied socio-economic strata and in different geographic regions along with the different, principle-based approach to the disease spectrum shall be discussed at length. It also includes different clinical settings and scenarios in the concerned chapters. This book is a ready reference guide for postgraduate trainees, post-doctoral trainees, and faculty and consultants of orthopedics and neurosurgery.