Osteoarticular tuberculosis (OATB) is a rare form of tuberculosis (TB) whose incidence rose
significantly nowadays especially in the underdeveloped countries. The main risk factors …

Introduction: The aim of this systematic review was to assess the existing published data on
the diagnosis and management of tuberculosis (TB) arthritis involving native joints in adults …

Purpose The aim of this study was to assess the distribution of age and site of infection in
patients with musculoskeletal tuberculosis (TB) and determine the number of TB/human …

China is a country with a high tuberculosis (TB) burden. Spinal TB is one reason for the
resurgence of TB in China. The objective of this study was to investigate the clinical and …

Purpose To compare the clinical outcomes of surgical management by posterior only and
combined posterior and anterior approaches for thoracic spinal tuberculosis in the elderly …

Object To compare the clinical efficacy of titanium mesh cages and autogenous iliac bone
graft to restore vertebral height through posterior approach in patients with thoracic and …

Bone and Joint tuberculosis (BJTB) constitutes about 10% of total extra-pulmonary TB
cases. Since the BJTB is a paucibacillary condition, there has been no systematic study on …

Purpose To compare single-stage posterior transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion,
debridement, posterior instrumentation, and postural drainage (posterior-only surgery) with …

Objective To compare clinical and radiological outcomes of multi-fold rib and structural iliac
bone grafts, the primary autologous graft techniques in anterolateral-only surgery for single …

Purpose We analysed delay in diagnosis (DID) and disease severity in patients with
vertebral tuberculosis (TB) in India. Methods We interviewed 228 patients with vertebral TB …