Spinal Tuberculosis: Always Understand, Often Prevent, Sometime Cure.

Zhimin Pan, Zujue Cheng, Jeffrey C Wang, Wei Zhang, Min Dai, Bin Zhang

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Article in Neurospine, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5citing papers in PubMed

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed.

Comparison of One-Stage (Posterior-Only Approach) and Two-Stage (Combined Anterior-Posterior Approach) Surgery in Treating Spinal Tuberculosis.Advanced biomedical research · 2026
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Report on the clinical outcomes of using postural drainage with intervertebral space as the main focus for managing thoracolumbar tuberculosis: Eight case reports.Medicine · 2025
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Simultaneous Single-Position Oblique Lateral Interbody Fusion Combined With Unilateral Percutaneous Pedicle Screw Fixation for Single-Level Lumbar Tuberculosis: A 3-Year Retrospective Comparative Study.Neurospine · 2023
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Analysis of Clinical Factors Associated with Medical Burden and Functional Status in Pyogenic Spine Infection.Journal of clinical medicine · 2023
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The Incidence, Changes and Treatments of Cervical Deformity After Infection and Inflammation.Neurospine · 2023
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Zhimin PanDepartment of Orthopaedics, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, China.

Zujue ChengDepartment of Neurosurgery, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, China.

Jeffrey C WangDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.

Wei ZhangDepartment of Respiration, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, China.

Min DaiDepartment of Orthopaedics, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, China.

Bin ZhangDepartment of Orthopaedics, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, China.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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Identifiers

PMID34610698

DOI10.14245/ns.2142788.394

PMCPMC8497242

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