An anterior radical surgery was performed on 33 cases with the establishment of Pott diagnosis at the Dept. of Orthopaedics and Traumotolgy in the Istanbul Medical School of the Istanbul University, between 1988 and 1989. The youngest of these cases, 13 of whom were male and 20 female, was 2 years of age and the oldest 66. The localization of the lesion in theses cases which were followed up for at least 8 months and at most for 4 years, with an average of 2.6 years, was as follows :
Thoracal 16
Thoracolumbar 9
Lumbar 8
In 7 cases preoperatively imcomplete an in one case complet paraplegia were present. 7 of these cases were healed completely postoperatively. In one case, spasticity persisted in some muscles. In all cases, the clinical pisture improved at the end of the first month and at the termination of 6 months, radiologically acceptable fusion developed. The precedure was considered to be a distinct treatment of choice which can be indicated.