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Extensive thoracolumbar spinal tuberculosis treated with two-stage surgery using a minimally invasive posterior instrumentation

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  1. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Kanazawa University School of Medicine, 13-1 Takara-machi, Kanazawa, 920-8641, Japan

    Satoshi Kato, N. Kawahara, H. Murakami, S. Demura, K. Yoshioka, H. Okamoto, K. Tomita & H. Tsuchiya

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    Satoshi Kato

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Satoshi Kato graduated from Kanazawa University School of Medicine.

He was trained in Orthopaedic Surgery at the Orthopaedic Department of Kanazawa University and got PhD degree there. His main area of interest is spinal tumour.

His research encompasses spinal cord ischemia especially after ligation of Adamkiewicz artery, biomechanics of spinal shortening after total en bloc spondylectomy, and clinical outcome of surgery for spinal tumours.

He authored more than 50 papers in Japanese and as well as international journals.

He was an international spine fellow in Emory Spine Center in Atlanta, USA from October 2008 to March 2010. He has been an assistant professor at the Orthopaedic Department of Kanazawa University since April 2010.

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Kato, S., Kawahara, N., Murakami, H. et al. Extensive thoracolumbar spinal tuberculosis treated with two-stage surgery using a minimally invasive posterior instrumentation. ArgoSpine News J 23, 171–173 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12240-011-0031-9

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