Tuberculosis of the spine: A review

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research

Volumn 460, Issue , 2007, Pages 39-49

  Jain, Anil K ^a   Dhammi, Ish Kumar ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b UCMS AND GTB HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

BONE GRAFT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DATA ANALYSIS; DEBRIDEMENT; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; DISEASE COURSE; HUMAN; KYPHOSIS; MYELITIS; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD; SPINE INSTABILITY; SPINE STABILIZATION; SPINE SURGERY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TUBERCULOUS SPONDYLITIS; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW;

BONE TRANSPLANTATION; DEBRIDEMENT; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; HUMANS; KYPHOSIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROGNOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS, SPINAL;

EID: 34447309714     PISSN: 0009921X     EISSN: 15281132     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BLO.0b013e318065b7c3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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