Anterior Spinal Surgery Alone in the Surgical Treatment of Thoracolumbar Spinal Tuberculosis: a Prospective Study

Background: One of the important sites for extrapulmonary TB involvement is the skeleton. Tuberculous spondylitis (Pott’s disease) comprises 50-70% of the skeletal tuberculosis. Methods: In this case series study, we prospectively investigated the result of anterior surgery alone (anterior debrideme...

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Main Authors: Mohamed H. Ebrahimzadeh, Farzad Omidi-Kashani, Ebrahim G. Hasankhani
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Iran University of Medical Sciences 2011-12-01
Series:Medical Journal of The Islamic Republic of Iran
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Online Access:http://mjiri.tums.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-1-286&slc_lang=en&sid=1