Tuberculosis of the Skeletal System (Bones, Joints, Spine and Bursal Sheaths)

by SM Tuli

The book “Tuberculosis of the Skeletal System” mainly focuses on tuberculosis of bones, joints, spine and bursal sheaths. One hundred new illustrations, 120 new pages, and 85 recent references have been added in this edition. It is a great benefit to orthopedic surgeons, neurosurgeons, neurophysicians and other clinicians. It has three main sections: General considerations, extra-spinal regional tuberculosis and tuberculosis of the spine. Three sections are further divided into twenty-six chapters. Section of general considerations deals with epidemiology and prevalence, pathology and pathogenesis, organism and its sensitivity, evolution of treatment of skeletal tuberculosis, diagnosis and investigations, antitubercular drugs and principles of management of osteoarticular tuberculosis. Extra-spinal regional tuberculosis section explains about tuberculosis of the hip joint, knee joint, ankle and foot, shoulder, elbow joint, wrist, short tubular bones, sacroiliac joints, flat bones, tuberculous osteomyelitis and tuberculosis of tendon sheaths and bursae. Clinical features, X-ray appearances and findings on modern imaging, differential diagnosis, neurological complications, management and results, operative treatment, spinal braces and relevant surgical anatomy are discussed under the section of tuberculosis of the spine.

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