An unusual cause of lumbar discitis

Spine

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 734-736

  Gertzbein, Stanley D ^a,b   Hollopeter, Michael ^a   Bertini Jr , John E ^a   Murdock, Horace D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bone anchors; Discitis; Lumbar

Indexed keywords

TITANIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DISKITIS; FEMALE; FOREIGN BODY; GYNECOLOGIC SURGERY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INFLAMMATION; LUMBAR DISK; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACRUM; STRESS INCONTINENCE;

DISCITIS; FEMALE; FOREIGN-BODY REACTION; HUMANS; INTERNAL FIXATORS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MIDDLE AGED; TITANIUM;

EID: 0032521167     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-199803150-00017     Document Type: Article

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