A Case of Koch's Spine Treated with Modified Transpedicular Vertebral Curettage and Posterior Fixation: A Novel Technique

Tuberculosis (TB) is a chronic granulomatous infection caused by acid-fast mycobacterium tuberculosis bacilli. Spinal involvement occurs in less than one percent of TB. Spinal TB (Pott’s disease) accounts for 50% of skeletal TB. Though it most commonly affects the thoracolumbar junction, it can occu...

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Autores principales: Golwala, Paresh, Kapoor, Chirag, Shah, Malkesh, Merh, Aditya, Kansagra, Ankur
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2016
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Orthopedics
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5218885/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28083459
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.915

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5218885/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28083459
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.915

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