Application of an antibiotic crescent-shaped polymethylmethacrylate strut in thoracic vertebral tuberculosis

Turkish Neurosurgery

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 107-112

  Jun, Wan ^a   Yi Jun, Kang ^b   Fei, Chen ^b   Guo Hua, Lv ^b   Dong Zhe, Li ^b  

^a CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Anterior reconstruction; Antibiotic; Crescent shaped; Polymethylmethacrylate; Spinal tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874893850     PISSN: 10195149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.4218-11.0     Document Type: Article

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