One-stage surgical treatment for upper thoracic spinal tuberculosis by internal fixation, debridement, and combined interbody and posterior fusion via posterior-only approach

European Spine Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 616-623

  Zhang, Hongqi ^a   Sheng, Bin ^a   Tang, Mingxing ^a   Guo, Chaofeng ^a   Liu, Shaohua ^a   Huang, Shu ^a   Gao, Qile ^a   Liu, Jinyang ^a   Wu, Jianhuang ^a  

^a CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Bone graft; Internal fixation; Posterior; Spinal tuberculosis; Upper thoracic vertebrae

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMERICAN SPINAL INJURY ASSOCIATION IMPAIRMENT SCALE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COBB ANGLE; COGNITION; DEBRIDEMENT; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPERATION DURATION; OPERATIVE BLOOD LOSS; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; POSTERIOR SPINE FUSION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SURGICAL APPROACH; THORACIC SPINE; TUBERCULOUS SPONDYLITIS; UPPER THORACIC SPINAL TUBERCULOSIS; YOUNG ADULT; EQUIPMENT; INTERNAL FIXATOR; METHODOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RADIOGRAPHY; SPINE FUSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTEBRA;

ADULT; AGED; DEBRIDEMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL FIXATORS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; SPINAL FUSION; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS, SPINAL;

EID: 84879616136     PISSN: 09406719     EISSN: 14320932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00586-012-2470-1     Document Type: Article

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