Erratum to: Anterior versus posterior procedure for surgical treatment of thoracolumbar tuberculosis: A retrospective analysis (Indian Journal of Orthopaedics, (2012), 46, 2, (165), 10.4103/0019-5413.93682);Anterior versus posterior procedure for surgical treatment of thoracolumbar tuberculosis: A retrospective analysis

Indian Journal of Orthopaedics

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 165-170

  Garg, Bhavuk ^a   Kandwal, Pankaj ^a   Upendra, Bidre ^a   Goswami, Ankur ^a   Jayaswal, Arvind ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Anterior approach; extracavitary approach; posterior approach; Pott's spine

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859032958     PISSN: 00195413     EISSN: 19983727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03545551     Document Type: Erratum

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