Follow-up of 146 spinal tuberculosis patients operated through an anterior approach

European Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 241-244

  Milinkovic, Z B ^a   Filipovic, M S ^a   Basara, V ^a   Vucinic, Z ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Anterior approach; Spine tuberculosis; Surgical treatment

Indexed keywords

EID: 0005126352     PISSN: 09484817     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00595120     Document Type: Article

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