Extensive thoracolumbar spinal tuberculosis treated with two-stage surgery using a minimally invasive posterior instrumentation

European Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 407-409

  Kato, Satoshi ^a   Kawahara, Norio ^a   Murakami, Hideki ^a   Demura, Satoru ^a   Yoshioka, Katsuhito ^a   Okamoto, Yoshiyuki ^a   Tomita, Katsuro ^a   Tsuchiya, Hiroyuki ^a  

^a KANAZAWA UNIV SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Minimally invasive surgery; Posterior instrumentation; Spinal tuberculosis; Two stage surgery

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN;

ACID FAST BACTERIUM; ADULT; BACKACHE; BONE GRAFT; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEBRIDEMENT; DISEASE COURSE; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; HUMAN; KYPHOSIS; LABORATORY TEST; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT POSITIONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPINAL CORD LESION; THORACOLUMBAR SPINE; THORACOTOMY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUBERCULOUS SPONDYLITIS; VERTEBRA MALFORMATION;

EID: 80052592407     PISSN: 16338065     EISSN: 14321068     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00590-010-0723-4     Document Type: Review

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