Open AccessMinimally Invasive Surgical Approaches in the Management of Tuberculosis of the Thoracic and Lumbar Spine
Author(s) -
Nitin Garg,
Renuka Vohra
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
clinical orthopaedics and related research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.178
H-Index - 204
eISSN - 1528-1132
pISSN - 0009-921X
DOI - 10.1007/s11999-014-3472-6
Subject(s) - medicine , surgery , tuberculosis , lumbar , decompression , radiography , percutaneous , thoracotomy , thoracic vertebrae , deformity , lumbar vertebrae , pathology
Spinal tuberculosis is the most common form of skeletal tuberculosis. Various approaches have been described for surgical management of spinal tuberculosis, but many entail wide exposures with attendant morbidity; whether minimally invasive surgical (MIS) approaches are suitable is unknown.
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