Paraplegia
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The results of the treatment of 89 consecutive cases of Pott's paraplegia admitted to care in Korea are reported. Eighty-five patients were treated conservatively. Four patients underwent costo-transversectomy, three of them in the later stages of treatment without apparent benefit. ⋯ The place of chemotherapy as the basis of the treatment of Pott's disease is emphasised. A comparison is made with the published results of other series. The place of operative intervention is discussed and it is argued that the case for urgent early surgical intervention in the treatment of Pott's paraplegia may have been overstated.