TO STUDY THE FUNCTIONAL AND THE RADIOLOGICAL OUTCOME OF TUBERCULOSIS OF SPINE OPERATED BY POSTERIOR APPROACH.

Background: Tuberculosis is ubiquitous in distribution. Globally, nearly 30 million people suffer from tuberculosis. 3 million deaths occur due to tuberculosis per year. India has burden of 6 million cases. Of these 1-3% constitutes skeletal system involvement.
 Methods: The present study included prospective cases of tuberculosis of dorsal and lumbar spine admitted and operated at Indira Gandhi Medical College, Shimla between May 2017 to May 2018 and retrospective patients who have been operated before May 2017.
 Results: There was improvement from preoperative kyphotic angle to postoperative kyphotic angle and improvement in kyphotic angle as a significant difference less than 0.05 (p value is 0.01).
 Conclusion: At the end of our study, we concluded that good sagittal balance along with good fusion of the vertebrae leads to better functional outcome in patients.
 Keywords: Spine, TB, Kyphotic angle.