Anterior radical debridement and reconstruction using titanium mesh cage for the surgical treatment of thoracic and thoracolumbar spinal tuberculosis: Minimium five-year follow-up

Turkish Neurosurgery

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 575-581

  Wang, Bing ^a   Guohua, L ^a   Liu, Weidong ^a   Cheng, Ivan ^b  

^a CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Debridement; Fixation; Thoracic spine; Thoracolumbar spine; Titanium mesh cage; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862970429     PISSN: 10195149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.Jtn.4639-11.1     Document Type: Article

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