Surgical treatment of lumbar tuberculous spondylodiscitis by transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion (TLIF) and posterior instrumentation

Journal of Spinal Disorders and Techniques

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 257-262

  Zaveri, Gautam R ^a   Mehta, Satyen S ^a,b  

^a Wockhardt Hospitals India   (India)

^b 501 Mahesh Cottage CHS Ltd   (India)

Author keywords

Lumbar; Lumbosacral; Pedicle screw instrumentation; TLIF; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ISONIAZID; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALING; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; POSTERIOR INSTRUMENTATION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SPINE FUSION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRANSFORAMINAL LUMBAR INTERBODY FUSION; TUBERCULOUS SPONDYLITIS;

ADULT; AGED; BONE SCREWS; DEBRIDEMENT; DISCITIS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOINT INSTABILITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL FUSION; SPONDYLOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 68049132599     PISSN: 15360652     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BSD.0b013e31818859d0     Document Type: Article

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