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Thirty-four cases of spinal tuberculosis were investigated by plain radiography, computerised tomography and myelography followed by computerised tomography. All the patients were operated on and the findings compared with the results of the investigations.
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Étude de 34 cas de tuberculose vertébrale. Tous les malades ont été examinés par radiographie standard et par tomo-densitométrie. Des tomographies ont été pratiquées dans 11 cas et des myélographies suivies de tomo-densitométrie également dans 11 cas. Tous les malades ont été traités chirurgicalement et les constatations opératoires ont été comparées aux résultats des investigations radiologiques.
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Al Arabi, K.M., Al Sebai, M.W. & Al Chakaki, M. Evaluation of radiological investigations in spinal tuberculosis. International Orthopaedics 16, 165–167 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00180209
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