Tuberculosis of the craniovertebral junction: Is surgery necessary?

Neurosurgery

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1144-1149

  Gupta, Sunil K ^a   Mohindra, Sandeep ^a   Sharma, Bhawani S ^b   Gupta, Rahul ^a   Chhabra, Rajesh ^a   Mukherjee, Kanchan K ^a   Tewari, Manoj K ^a   Pathak, Ashis ^a   Khandelwal, Niranjan ^a   Suresh, Narain M ^a   Khosla, Virender K ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

^b ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Atlantoaxial dislocation; Craniovertebral junction; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; ISONIAZID PLUS RIFAMPICIN; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ATLANTOAXIAL SUBLUXATION; BONE DESTRUCTION; BONE GROWTH; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALING; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; IMMOBILIZATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MILIARY TUBERCULOSIS; PATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPINE FUSION; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; TUBERCULOUS SPONDYLITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; ATLANTO-OCCIPITAL JOINT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; DISLOCATIONS; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMMOBILIZATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SPINAL FUSION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TRACTION; TUBERCULOSIS, MILIARY; TUBERCULOSIS, OSTEOARTICULAR;

EID: 33745081756     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000215950.85745.33     Document Type: Review

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