Albee's methods or operations
Related people
Orthopaedic hip procedure. Operation for Pott’s disease, or tuberculous spondylitis. Albee also treated certain other scolioses.
Bibliography
- F. H. Albee:
Transplantation of a portion of the tibia into the spine for Pott’s disease. A preliminary report.
Journal of the American Medical Association, Chicago, 1911, 57: 885-886.
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