Innovative multi-cage long segment lumbar spine reconstruction for multilevel lumbar tuberculosis
Tuberculosis (TB) is a disease of poverty with a global concentration in sub Saharan Africa. While 10% of extra-pulmonary tuberculosis is skeletal, 50% of this occurs in the spinal column. Multi-level lumbar spinal TB is however a rarity, especially in the HIV negative population. Besides the medica...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2019-12-01
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Series: | Interdisciplinary Neurosurgery |
Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214751919302221 |