Tuberculous spondylitis of the lumbosacral region: Long-term follow-up of patients treated by chemotherapy, transpedicular drainage, posterior instrumentation, and fusion

Journal of Spinal Disorders and Techniques

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 425-429

  Bezer, Murat ^a   Kucukdurmaz, Fatih ^a   Aydin, Nuri ^a   Kocaoglu, Baris ^a   Guven, Osman ^a  

^a MARMARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Lumbosacral; Pott's disease; Tuberculous spondylitis

Indexed keywords

ISONIAZID; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DEBRIDEMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; KYPHOSIS; LUMBOSACRAL SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT INFECTION; SPINE FUSION; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; SURGICAL INSTRUMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOUS SPONDYLITIS; BONE SCREW; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; SACRUM; SPONDYLITIS; WOUND DRAINAGE;

ADULT; AGED; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; BONE SCREWS; DRAINAGE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KYPHOSIS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SACRUM; SPINAL FUSION; SPONDYLITIS; TUBERCULOSIS, SPINAL;

EID: 33644823494     PISSN: 15360652     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.bsd.0000171627.11171.6f     Document Type: Article

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