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Expandable Titanium Cages in the Emergent Treatment of Severe Spinal Deformity Secondary to Osteomyelitis: A Series of Three Complex Cases

The literature lacks robust evidence on the benefits versus risks of instrumenting and fusing the spinal column in the setting of active osteomyelitis. We report three patients with vertebral osteomyelitis and subsequent severe and complex kyphotic deformities. Patients 1 and 2 had previous instrume...

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Autores principales: Screven, Ryan, Noureldine, Mohammad Hassan A, Krafft, Paul R, Alikhani, Puya
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7335120/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32656140
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ajns.AJNS_28_20