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Ali Parsa1,2,3,4, Maryam Mirzaie1,2,3,4, Mohammad H Ebrahimzadeh1,2,3,4
1Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA; Orthopedic Research Center, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran.
Abstract:
About 15 % of all musculoskeletal tuberculosis (TB) have hip involvement. Early anti-tubercular drug therapy and other conservative treatment including short-term traction and mobilization programs could prevent hip joint destruction. Reactivation of TB accounts for a significant of active TB incidence, especially in the developed countries with a low TB prevalence. The risk of TB activation for population with the latent form of disease is about 5-10%. According to the existing literature surgery in tubercular hip arthritis would be safe once sufficient debridement and precise anti tubercular chemotherapy has been done.
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