A surgical revisitation of Pott distemper of the spine

Spine Journal

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 130-145

  Khoo, Larry T ^a   Mikawa, Kevin ^a   Fessler, Richard G ^a  

^a Chicago Institute of Neurosurgery and Neuroresearch   (United States)

Author keywords

Pott disease; Spondylitis; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ANESTHESIA; BONE GRAFT; DEBRIDEMENT; DEFORMITY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG EFFICACY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT INFECTION; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW; SPINE DISEASE; SPINE SURGERY; SURGICAL INSTRUMENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING; TUBERCULOUS SPONDYLITIS; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; HISTORY; KYPHOSIS; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; NEUROSURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RADIOGRAPHY;

ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; HISTORY, 18TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HUMANS; KYPHOSIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; TUBERCULOSIS, SPINAL;

EID: 0642372171     PISSN: 15299430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1529-9430(02)00410-2     Document Type: Review

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