Surgical treatment of thoracic and lumbar tuberculosis by anterior interbody fusion and posterior instrumentation

Medical Principles and Practice

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 92-96

  Mukhtar, Ahmed M ^a   Farghaly, Medhat M ^a   Ahmed, Shaban H ^a  

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Author keywords

Anterior spinal fusion; Kyphosis; Posterior spinal instrumentation; Pott's disease; Tuberculosis of the spine

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTERIOR SPINE FUSION; ARTICLE; BONE GRAFT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEBRIDEMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; KUWAIT; KYPHOSIS; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; POSTERIOR SPINE FUSION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; SPINE FUSION; SURGICAL INSTRUMENT; THORACOLUMBAR SPINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOUS SPONDYLITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; KYPHOSIS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; SPINAL FUSION; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS, SPINAL;

EID: 0037233136     PISSN: 10117571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000069113     Document Type: Article

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