Minimally invasive spine surgery in the treatment of pyogenic spondylodiscitis: an initial retrospective series study.

Wideochir Inne Tech Maloinwazyjne · 2019 · PMC6528123 · PMID 31119002

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In recent years, there has been a marked trend in spine surgery away from open procedures towards minimally invasive spine surgery (MIS) [ 8 ], due to the development of special instruments and techniques for percutaneous instrumentation of the thoracic and lumbar spine [ 9 – 11 ].

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