Comment on Huang et al.: One-stage surgical management for children with spinal tuberculosis by anterior decompression and posterior instrumentation

International Orthopaedics

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 769-770

  Jain, Saurabh ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ANTERIOR SPINE FUSION; BED REST; CHILD CARE; DISEASE SEVERITY; GRANULATION TISSUE; HUMAN; KYPHOSIS; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUS; RISK FACTOR; SPINAL CORD DECOMPRESSION; SPINAL CORD LESION; SPINE STABILIZATION; SURGICAL APPROACH; TREATMENT INDICATION; TUBERCULOUS SPONDYLITIS; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; METHODOLOGY; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; NOTE; SPINE FUSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; HUMANS; KYPHOSIS; SPINAL FUSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS, SPINAL;

EID: 77955943567     PISSN: 03412695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00264-010-0975-y     Document Type: Letter

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