[Progress and prospects in surgery for osteoarticular tuberculosis in children]

The authors make an analysis of their many-years experience with the surgical treatment of tuberculosis of bones and joints (1380 operations in children aged from 8 months to 14 years with different manifestations of bone--joint tuberculosis). The context and principles of the surgery of tuberculosis of bones and joints in children as an independent scientific branch are determined. The priority of surgical methods in the treatment of the disease is confirmed and further trends of its development are shown.