Surgical Treatment of Thoracolumbar Pott’s Disease at Niamey National Hospital (HNN) about 34 Cases
Haboubacar Chaibou Sode,
Assoumane Issa Ibrahim,
Brice Sawa
et al.
Abstract:Pott's disease or tuberculous spondylodiscitis is one of the most serious forms of osteoarticular tuberculosis, responsible for spinal cord compression and/or "cauda equina" syndrome due to granulomatous and/or abscessed tuberculous epiduritis. Surgery therefore plays a key role in the management of this pathology, although surgical techniques vary widely from one author to another and from one department to another.
The aim of our work is to describe the different techniques used in our department durin… Show more
Set email alert for when this publication receives citations?
scite is a Brooklyn-based organization that helps researchers better discover and understand research articles through Smart Citations–citations that display the context of the citation and describe whether the article provides supporting or contrasting evidence. scite is used by students and researchers from around the world and is funded in part by the National Science Foundation and the National Institute on Drug Abuse of the National Institutes of Health.