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European Spine Journal
Published in: European Spine Journal 9/2010

01-09-2010 | Grand Rounds

Expert’s comment concerning Grand Rounds case entitled “Severe Kyphoscoliosis after primary echinococcus granulosus infection of the spine” (by M. Thaler, M. Gabl, R. Lechner, M. Gstöttner and C.M. Bach)

Author: Oheneba Boachie-Adjei

Published in: European Spine Journal | Issue 9/2010

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The authors describe a rare case of a 6-year-old boy with inappropriate surgical treatment of spinal echinococcus granulosus by thoracotomy, vertebral resection, multiple laminectomies, and instrumented fusion. This treatment resulted in reoccurrence of the hydatid cyst, paraplegia, and severe kyphoscoliosis. …
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Metadata
Title
Expert’s comment concerning Grand Rounds case entitled “Severe Kyphoscoliosis after primary echinococcus granulosus infection of the spine” (by M. Thaler, M. Gabl, R. Lechner, M. Gstöttner and C.M. Bach)
Author
Oheneba Boachie-Adjei
Publication date
01-09-2010
Publisher
Springer-Verlag
Published in
European Spine Journal / Issue 9/2010
Print ISSN: 0940-6719
Electronic ISSN: 1432-0932
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00586-010-1408-8

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