Comparison of anterior instrumentation systems and the results of minimum 5 years follow-up in the treatment of tuberculosis spondylitis

Kobe Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 167-180

  Benli, I Teoman ^a   Alanay, Ahmet ^b   Akalin, Serdar ^a   Kiş, Mahmut ^a   Acaroǧlu, Emre ^b   Ateş, Bülent ^a   Aydin, Erbil ^a  

^a Social Security Hospital   (Turkey)

^b HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

And anterior instrumentation; Pott's disease; Surgical treatment; Tuberculous spondylitis

Indexed keywords

TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BONE DEFECT; BONE DESTRUCTION; BONE GRAFT; BONE PLATE; BONE SCREW; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEBRIDEMENT; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPIDURAL ABSCESS; EXTRAPULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL CONDITION IMPROVEMENT; HUMAN; KYPHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PLATE FIXATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PSEUDARTHROSIS; SPINE INSTABILITY; SPINE MALFORMATION; SURGICAL PATIENT; TREATMENT INDICATION; TUBERCULOUS SPONDYLITIS; VASCULAR DISEASE;

ADULT; AGED; DEBRIDEMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOPEDIC FIXATION DEVICES; SPINAL FUSION; SPONDYLITIS; TUBERCULOSIS, SPINAL;

EID: 24644455884     PISSN: 00232513     EISSN: 18830498     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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