Surgical results in patients with tuberculosis of the spine and severe lower-extremity motor deficits: A retrospective study of 48 patients

Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 320-326

  Kiran, Narayanam Anantha Sai ^a   Vaishya, Sandeep ^a   Kale, Shashank Sharad ^a   Sharma, Bhavani Shankar ^a   Mahapatra, Ashok Kumar ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Pott disease; Pott paraplegia; Severe neurological dysfunction; Spinal instrumentation; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE; HEPARIN; MORPHINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLADDER; BONE GRAFT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; FEMALE; FLACCID PARALYSIS; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; LAMINECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAIN; PARAPLEGIA; PROSTHESIS FIXATION; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SPASTICITY; SPINAL CORD DECOMPRESSION; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOUS SPONDYLITIS; WEAKNESS; CHILD; CONVALESCENCE; HOSPITALIZATION; KYPHOSIS; MIDDLE AGED; MOTONEURON; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NEUROGENIC BLADDER; PATHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KYPHOSIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NEURONS, AFFERENT; PARAPLEGIA; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS, SPINAL; URINARY BLADDER, NEUROGENIC;

EID: 85047696377     PISSN: 15475654     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/spi.2007.6.4.6     Document Type: Article

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