Clinical and radiographic evaluation of posterior surgical correction for the treatment of moderate to severe post-tuberculosis kyphosis in 36 cases with a minimum 2-year follow-up: Clinical article

Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 351-358

  Zeng, Yan ^a   Chen, Zhongqiang ^a   Qi, Qiang ^a   Guo, Zhaoqing ^a   Li, Weishi ^a   Sun, Chuiguo ^a   White, Andrew P ^b  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY THIRD HOSPITAL   (China)

^b BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Degenerative disease; Kyphosis correction; Moderate to severe kyphosis; Post tuberculosis kyphosis; Posterior corrective surgery; Pott disease

Indexed keywords

METHYLPREDNISOLONE; NEUROTROPIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CERVICAL SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; FLUID RESUSCITATION; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; KYPHOSIS; LIQUORRHEA; LORDOSIS; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; NERVE ROOT INJURY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OSTEOTOMY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARALYSIS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PSEUDARTHROSIS; SPINAL CORD ISCHEMIA; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACIC SPINE; TUBERCULOSIS; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KYPHOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; OSTEOTOMY; PAIN MEASUREMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SPINAL FUSION; TUBERCULOSIS, SPINAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84859570949     PISSN: 15475654     EISSN: 15475646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2011.12.SPINE11568     Document Type: Article

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