Isolated involvement of the posterior elements in spinal tuberculosis: A review of twenty-four cases

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 94, Issue 20, 2012, Pages

  Arora, Sumit ^a   Sabat, Dhananjaya ^a   Maini, Lalit ^a   Sural, Sumit ^a   Kumar, Vinod ^a   Gautam, V K ^a   Gupta, Ajay ^a   Dhal, Anil ^a  

^a LOK NAYAK HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; PYRAZINAMIDE; PYRIDOXINE; RIFAMPICIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONVALESCENCE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; EPIDURAL ABSCESS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; KYPHOSIS; LAMINECTOMY; LIMB WEAKNESS; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYOMYOSITIS; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SPASTIC PARAPLEGIA; SPINAL CORD DECOMPRESSION; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; THORACIC SPINE; TUBERCULOUS SPONDYLITIS; VERTEBRA BODY;

EID: 84867912379     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: 15351386     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/JBJS.K.01464     Document Type: Article

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