Expert’s comment concerning Grand Rounds case entitled ‘‘Closing–Opening Wedge Osteotomy for Severe, Rigid Thoraco-Lumbar Post-tubercular Kyphosis’’ (by S. Rajasekaran, P. Rishimugesh Kanna and Ajoy Prasad Shetty)
- نوع فایل : کتاب
- زبان : انگلیسی
- مؤلف : Keith D. K. Luk
- چاپ و سال / کشور: 2010
Description
Prevention or correction of severe kyphotic deformity in addition to eradication of the infective focus has become the modern standard of management of tuberculosis of the spine. Circumferential excision of the kyphus is now technically feasible with the development of rigid pedicle screw fixation system and intraoperative spinal cord monitoring in the past two decades.
Eur Spine J (2011) 20:349–350 DOI 10.1007/s00586-010-1528-1 Received: 13 July 2010 / Published online: 20 August 2010
