Radical cure of vertebral hydatidosis. A case report
Slaheddine Karray1, Maher Karray, Mongi Zlitni
1Kassab Institute of Orthopaedic Surgery, Manouba, Tunisia. karray_maher@yahoo.fr
Acta Orthopaedica Belgica
|April 2, 2004
Abstract:
The authors present a rare case of univertebral hydatidosis, and report encouraging results 12 years after radical resection of the involved vertebra. They stress the importance of computed tomography and especially magnetic resonance for monitoring early recurrence. A two-staged anterior and posterior approach, although difficult, seems to offer a very good prognosis in case of univertebral localisation.

