Operative treatment of progressive deformity in spinal tuberculosis
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Anterior spinal surgery alone in the surgical treatment of thoracolumbar spinal tuberculosis: a prospective study
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عنوان ژورنال: International Orthopaedics
سال: 2001
ISSN: 0341-2695,1432-5195
DOI: 10.1007/s002640100259