Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
JOURNAL OF BONE AND JOINT SURGERY-AMERICAN VOLUME, cilt.81A, sa.9, ss.1261-1267, 1999 (SCI-Expanded)
Background Kyphosis and neurological impairment are the major residual problems of spinal tuberculosis after the microorganism has been eradicated with use of appropriate medications. Spinal instrumentation is needed to support anterior strut grafts in patients who have kyphosis that affects more than two levels. Most surgeons use posterior instrumentation. Anterior instrumentation, despite its advantages, has not been widely accepted, partly because of concerns about introducing foreign material into infected tissue. The purpose of the current study was to address those concerns.