Craniovertebral junction tuberculosis: A new comprehensive therapeutic strategy

Neurosurgery

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 946-955

  Teegala, Ramesh ^a   Kumar, Pradyuth ^b   Kale, Shashank S ^b   Sharma, Bhawani S ^b  

^a Sita Messtechnik GmbH   (Germany)

^b ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Craniovertebral junction; Craniovertebral junction tuberculosis scoring system; Management guidelines; Potts spine; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BRACE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM TUBERCULOSIS; CHILD; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONVALESCENCE; CRANIOVERTEBRAL JUNCTION TUBERCULOSIS; DISABILITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCORING SYSTEM; SPUTUM CULTURE; SUDDEN DEATH; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULIN TEST;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALGORITHMS; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; ATLANTO-AXIAL JOINT; AXIS; CERVICAL ATLAS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DECISION TREES; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RARE DISEASES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPINAL FUSION; SPONDYLITIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS, SPINAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 57649114219     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000327696.77814.1E     Document Type: Article

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