Pott disease in the thoracolumbar spine with marked kyphosis and progressive paraplegia necessitating posterior vertebral column resection and anterior reconstruction with a cage

Spine

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2006, Pages

  Pappou, Ioannis P ^a   Papadopoulos, Elias C ^a   Swanson, Andrew N ^a   Mermer, Matthew J ^b   Fantini, Gary A ^a   Urban, Michael K ^a   Russell, Linda ^a   Cammisa Jr , Frank P ^a   Girardi, Federico P ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SPECIAL SURGERY   (United States)

^b Bay Area Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Cage; Fusion; Posterior vertebral column resection; Pott disease; Spinal tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANALGESIA; ANTERIOR SPINE FUSION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONVALESCENCE; DEBRIDEMENT; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; DISEASE COURSE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KYPHOSIS; MALE; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; PARAPLEGIA; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE STABILIZATION; SPINE SURGERY; THORACOLUMBAR SPINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOUS SPONDYLITIS;

AGED; HUMANS; INTERNAL FIXATORS; KYPHOSIS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; OSSEOINTEGRATION; PARAPLEGIA; SPINAL FUSION; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS, SPINAL;

EID: 33644840586     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.brs.0000199900.56446.ee     Document Type: Article

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