Spinal tuberculosis at an uncommon site (L5-S1): A case report and review of literature

Authors : Sagar Arora, Kapil Bansal, Raj Bahadur, Nitish Garg, Jaspreet Kaur

DOI : 10.18231/j.ijos.2022.057

Volume : 8

Issue : 4

Year : 2022

Page No : 306-309

Lumbosacral junction represents an uncommon site for tuberculosis with very few cases reported. We present a case report of 42-year old male with diagnosis of Spinal tuberculosis at L5-S1 who was treated with Posterior decompression and pedicle screw fixation along with the cover of ATT.
 

Keywords: Spinal tuberculosis, Lumbosacral, Antitubercular, TB.


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