Fig. 3

A 36-year-old female patient of the posterior group. a Preoperative X-ray of the patient showed that the T7 vertebral body was compressed into a wedge (arrow); b, c The patient underwent posterior surgery with T5-9 internal fixation; d-h. 29 months after surgery, the patient had a recurrence of tuberculosis with obvious kyphosis, internal fixation release and displacement, destruction and absorption of bone within the lesion, and no bone fusion (The anti-tuberculosis regimen was isoniazid + rifampicin + pyrazinamide + ethambutol for 18 months); i, j The patient underwent posterior revision surgery, intervertebral cage was implanted, internal fixation was extended by 1 segment to the proximal and distal ends, and the kyphosis was partially corrected (The anti-tuberculosis regimen was changed to isoniazid + rifampicin + pyrazinamide + ethambutol + cycloserine); k, l 8 months after revision surgery, there were few signs of bone fusion, but a small local kyphosis remained