ISSN: 2167-0870
Department of Anaesthesiology and Pain Medicine, John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital of Cook County, Chicag, United States of America
Case Report
Tuberculosis Associated Spondylolisthesis and Radiculopathy
Author(s): Taruna Penmetcha and Gunar Subieta*
Background: Spondylolisthesis is a frequent cause of low back pain but is seldomly associated with infectious causes and multisystem failure.
Case presentation: We present a patient who complained of severe low back pain and acute onset of neurological deficits that progressed to cardiovascular collapse and developed into a complex diagnostic and therapeutic scenario requiring intensive care management and surgical intervention.
Conclusion: The goal of our article is to elucidate the potential causes of catastrophic low back pain and to explore the potential treatments and their timing... View More»
DOI:
10.35248/2167-0870.26.16.650