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Spinal Tuberculosis

Spinal Tuberculosis is a form of extrapulmonary tuberculosis characterized by hematogenous spread of Mycobacterium tuberculosis to the vertebrae, leading to progressive osteomyelitis and potential spinal cord compromise due to contiguous infection.

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Pott DiseasePott's Disease

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Spinal Tuberculosis in Adults: A Study of 103 Cases in a Developed Country, 1980-1994

Édouard Pertuiset, Johann Beaudreuil, Frédéric Lioté et al. · Medicine · 1999 · 336 citations

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Spinal Tuberculosis: Current Concepts

Shanmuganathan Rajasekaran, Dilip Chand Raja Soundararajan, Ajoy Prasad Shetty et al. · Global Spine Journal · 2018 · 328 citations · Full text

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Anterior Spine Fusion for the Treatment of Tuberculosis of the Spine

A. R. Hodgson, Francis E Stock · Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery · 1960 · 322 citations

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Spinal tuberculosis: a diagnostic and management challenge

Eric S. Nussbaum, Gaylan L. Rockswold, Thomas Bergman et al. · Journal of neurosurgery · 1995 · 318 citations

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Evaluation of the Risk of Instrumentation as a Foreign Body in Spinal Tuberculosis

Masayoshi Oga, Takeshi Arizono, Mituhiro Takasita et al. · Spine · 1993 · 271 citations

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Authors

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  1. HZ
    Hongqi Zhang

    Central South University, China

    27 publications · 879 citations

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  2. AJ
    Anil Jain

    University College of Medical Sciences, India

    15 publications · 795 citations

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  3. SR
    Shanmuganathan Rajasekaran

    Ganga Hospital, India

    19 publications · 1.3K citations

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  4. CG
    Chaofeng Guo

    Central South University, China

    17 publications · 552 citations

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  5. SG
    S. Govender

    University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

    16 publications · 443 citations

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Institutions

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  1. Central South University

    Changsha, China

    28 h-index

    420 publications

    12.5K citations

  2. Xiangya Hospital Central South University

    Changsha, China

    26 h-index

    361 publications

    11K citations

  3. University College of Medical Sciences

    Delhi, India

    18 h-index

    71 publications

    3.4K citations

  4. Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital

    Delhi, India

    16 h-index

    54 publications

    2.5K citations

  5. Army Medical University

    Chongqing, China

    15 h-index

    109 publications

    4K citations

  6. University College London

    London, United Kingdom

    15 h-index

    49 publications

    3K citations

  7. Ganga Hospital

    Coimbatore, India

    14 h-index

    59 publications

    3.3K citations

  8. University of KwaZulu-Natal

    Durban, South Africa

    14 h-index

    49 publications

    2.1K citations

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  2. Spine

    52 publications · 2.7K citations

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  3. PubMed

    Repository · 107 publications · 2.8K citations

    29

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  4. International Orthopaedics

    34 publications · 1.7K citations

    27

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  5. European Spine Journal

    27 publications · 1.2K citations

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