Posterior lumbar interbody fusion and posterior instrumentation in the surgical management of lumbar turberculous spondylitis

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series B

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 210-214

  Lee, J S ^a   Moon, K P ^a   Kim, S J ^a   Suh, Kuen Tak ^a  

^a Pusan National University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE GRAFT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEVICE REMOVAL; FEMALE; FRACTURE HEALING; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PEDICLE SCREW; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS INFECTION; SPINE FUSION; SPINE INJURY; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TUBERCULOUS SPONDYLITIS; WOUND INFECTION;

ADULT; AGED; BONE SCREWS; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LORDOSIS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPINAL FUSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS, SPINAL;

EID: 33947225756     PISSN: 0301620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620X.89B2.17849     Document Type: Article

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