Spinal Tuberculosis Treated with Posterior Spinal Instrumentation.
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Posterior only debridement and instrumentation in thoracolumbar spinal tuberculosis
Introduction: Spinal tuberculosis is the most common form of skeletal tuberculosis with the dorsolubar region being the most commonly affected region. The most dreaded complication of spinal tuberculosis is tubercular paraplegia seen in around 40% of the cases. There has been controversy regarding the surgical treatment of the disease and also the approach to be used and the use of implants. In...
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عنوان ژورنال: Orthopedics & Traumatology
سال: 1993
ISSN: 1349-4333,0037-1033
DOI: 10.5035/nishiseisai.42.138