Five-year assessment of controlled trials of short-course chemotherapy regimens of 6, 9 or 18 months' duration for spinal tuberculosis in patients ambulatory from the start or undergoing radical surgery. Fourteenth report of the Medical Research Council Working Party on Tuberculosis of the Spine.

Five-year assessment of controlled trials of short-course chemotherapy regimens of 6, 9 or 18 months' duration for spinal tuberculosis in patients ambulatory from the start or undergoing radical surgery. Fourteenth report of the Medical Research Council Working Party on Tuberculosis of the Spine. [electronic resource] - International orthopaedics 1999 - 73-81 p. digital

Publication Type: Clinical Trial; Journal Article; Multicenter Study; Randomized Controlled Trial

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10.1007/s002640050311 doi


Adolescent
Adult
Ambulatory Care--methods
Aminosalicylic Acid--therapeutic use
Antitubercular Agents--therapeutic use
Bone Transplantation
Child
Child, Preschool
Combined Modality Therapy
Drug Therapy, Combination
Ethambutol--therapeutic use
Female
Humans
Infant
Isoniazid--therapeutic use
Male
Middle Aged
Osteotomy--methods
Radiography
Rifampin--therapeutic use
Streptomycin--therapeutic use
Time Factors
Treatment Outcome
Tuberculosis, Spinal--diagnostic imaging