The role of posterior instrumentation and fusion after anterior radical debridement and fusion in the surgical treatment of spinal tuberculosis: Experience of 127 cases

Journal of Spinal Disorders and Techniques

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 554-559

  Talu, Ufuk ^a   Gogus, Abdullah ^b   Ozturk, Cagatay ^b   Hamzaoglu, Azmi ^b   Domanic, Unsal ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Anterior surgery; Clinical results; Posterior instrumentation; Radical debridement; Spinal tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN;

ABSCESS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOGRAFT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEBRIDEMENT; FEMALE; GRAFT FAILURE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; KYPHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OSTEOLYSIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIB GRAFT; SCHOOL CHILD; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINE FUSION; TUBERCULOUS SPONDYLITIS; VERTEBRA BODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; CHILD; DEBRIDEMENT; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERNAL FIXATORS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL FUSION; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS, SPINAL;

EID: 33845502882     PISSN: 15360652     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.bsd.0000211202.93125.c7     Document Type: Article

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