The effect of age on the change in deformity after anterior debridement surgery for tuberculosis of the spine

Spine

Volumn 21, Issue 20, 1996, Pages 2356-2362

  Upadhyay, Shanti S ^a,b   Saji, M Joseph ^a   Sell, Phillip ^a   Hsu, Louise C S ^a   Yau, Arthur C M C ^a  

^a The Duchess of Kent Children's Hospital at Sandy Bay   (Hong Kong)

^b Cardiff Royal Infirmary   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

anterior debridement surgery; disproportionate spinal growth; long term outcome; spine tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; DEBRIDEMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; KYPHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SPINE MALFORMATION; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOUS SPONDYLITIS;

ADULT; AGING; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEBRIDEMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; KYPHOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINE; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; TUBERCULOSIS, SPINAL;

EID: 0029852117     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-199610150-00010     Document Type: Article

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