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Expert’s comment concerning Grand Rounds case entitled “Antepartum surgical management of Pott’s paraplegia along with maintenance of pregnancy during second trimester” (by R. Kaul et al. doi:10.1007/s00586-015-4045-4)

Author: Sibylle Jürgens

Published in: European Spine Journal | Issue 4/2016

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This case report and literature review [1] describes a disease process and presenting symptoms that are unusual, but by no means unique. However, the further confounding parameters give this case a complexity that immediately draws the reader into the scenario and presents the patient as well as her treating clinicians with a situation that requires some very urgent and difficult decisions to be made. …

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Title: Expert’s comment concerning Grand Rounds case entitled “Antepartum surgical management of Pott’s paraplegia along with maintenance of pregnancy during second trimester” (by R. Kaul et al. doi:10.1007/s00586-015-4045-4)
Author: Sibylle Jürgens
Publication date: 01-04-2016
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in: European Spine Journal / Issue 4/2016
Print ISSN: 0940-6719
Electronic ISSN: 1432-0932
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00586-015-4046-3

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