Surgery of osteoarticular tuberculosis

Because of the increasing incidence of tuberculosis consequent on the increasing number of patients with drug-related or HIV-induced immunosuppression, the problems of the invasive or noninvasive treatment of osteoarticular tuberculosis have come up again. While the approach aimed at the elimination of infectious foci with an adequate combination of medical therapy with a conservative treatment or surgery is still valid, the advanced technology of osteosynthesis systems and prosthetic replacement for spinal, hip and knee involvement respectively, with suitable indications, affords new solutions of surgical technique. The objective is to achieve surgical procedures that preserve at best the physiology of locomotor apparatus.