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Kyphectomy for severe kyphosis with pyogenic spondylitis associated with myelomeningocele: a case report

A 32-year-old woman was referred to our hospital for a refractory ulcer on her back. She had a history of myelomeningocele with spina bifida that was treated surgically at birth. The ulcer was located at the apex of the kyphosis. An X-ray film revealed a kyphosis of 154° between L1 and 3 and a scoli...

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Autores principales: Yoshioka, Kenji, Watanabe, Kota, Toyama, Yoshiaki, Chiba, Kazuhiro, Matsumoto, Morio
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3080349/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21477271
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1748-7161-6-5