Background: Traumatic brachial plexus injury (TBPI) is a severe injury in the upper extremity which can affect the quality of life. The incidence of these injuries has been increasing in recent years. The purpose of this study was to describe the characteristic of TBPI patients treated by surgery at a tertiary Orthopedic hospital in Surakarta, Indonesia.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Previous studies have indicated that correction of an established kyphosis in spine tuberculosis is both difficult and hazardous. There has not been any publication about evaluation of surgical correction of spine tuberculosis in Indonesia, despite of high incidence of spine tuberculosis cases. Therefore, we evaluated the outcome of kyphotic angle correction and neurological status after surgery of spinal tuberculosis patients for better understanding.
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