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Functional Outcomes in Spinal Tuberculosis: A Review of the Literature [PDF]
Asian Spine Journal, 2021 Spinal tuberculosis often leads to neurological deficit and subsequent deterioration in functional outcomes. This review assesses the recent evidence on functional outcomes in spinal tuberculosis, highlighting functional recovery, assessment tools for ...
Lionelson Norbert Yong +3 more
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Spinal tuberculosis: A review [PDF]
The Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine, 2011 Spinal tuberculosis is a destructive form of tuberculosis. It accounts for approximately half of all cases of musculoskeletal tuberculosis. Spinal tuberculosis is more common in children and young adults. The incidence of spinal tuberculosis is increasing in developed nations.
Ravindra Kumar, Garg +1 more
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Single cervical spinal extramedullary tuberculous lesion in a young female – case report [PDF]
Romanian Journal of Neurology, 2021 Skeletal tuberculosis is the main extrapulmonary site for Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection disemination. As for the nervous sistem tuberculosis or spinal tuberculous disease in particular, the osseos elements are more frequently involved than the ...
Alexandra Bibirita +3 more
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Spinal Intramedullary Tuberculosis [PDF]
The Surgery Journal, 2017 AbstractTuberculosis of the central nervous system accounts for approximately 1% of all cases of tuberculosis and 50% of these involve the spine. Intramedullary involvement is rare in tuberculosis. Clinical presentation of spinal intramedullary tuberculosis (SIMT) is similar to intramedullary spinal cord tumor. Here, we report the case of a 49-year-old
Prithvi Varghese +3 more
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Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 2022 BackgroundDifferential diagnosis of spinal tuberculosis is important for the clinical management of patients, especially in populations with spinal bone destruction.
Xiaojiang Hu +19 more
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Postgraduate Medical Journal, 1997 The cases of 32-year-old man and 42-year-old women are presented. Their history illustrates difficulties in the diagnosis of tuberculosis of the vertebral column. The patients suffered significant pains in the lumbar region lasting one year. Despite the presence of some abnormalities in lumbar vertebrae on x-rays no examinations were ever performed to ...
R Mittal, S Bhan
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BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, 2022 Background Establishing a normal L3–5 model and using finite element analysis to explore the biomechanical characteristics of extreme lateral interbody fusion (XLIF) with different internal fixation methods.
Xiao-hua Li +4 more
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Postgraduate Medical Journal, 1971 Summary Seventy-one out of eighty-four cases of spinal infection operated on at the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital in the last 12 years were due to tuberculosis. The clinical features are reviewed.
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Scientific Reports, 2018 Recurrent complex spinal tuberculosis accompanied by sinus tract formation is one of the most common and complex types of recurrent tuberculosis. To date, only very few studies have reported the strategies and effectiveness of surgical treatments on ...
Biao Wang +9 more
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Journal of Nepal Medical Association, 2005 Spinal tuberculosis is usually secondary to lung or abdominal involvement and may also be the first manifestation of tuberculosis. Spinal tuberculosis (often called Pott’s disease) is by definition, an advanced disease, requiring meticulous assessment ...
Mani Prasad Gautam +3 more
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