Open AccessFunctional improvement after hip arthroscopy in cases of active paediatric hip joint tuberculosis: A retrospective comparative study vis-à-vis conservative management
Author(s) -
Vivek Tiwari,
Shah Alam Khan,
Ashok Kumar,
Rishiram Poudel,
Venkatesan Sampath Kumar
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of children's orthopaedics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.638
H-Index - 36
eISSN - 1863-2548
pISSN - 1863-2521
DOI - 10.1007/s11832-015-0705-5
Subject(s) - medicine , hip arthroscopy , surgery , retrospective cohort study , femoral head , tuberculosis , cohort , synovectomy , harris hip score , arthroscopy , acetabulum , stage (stratigraphy) , arthroplasty , rheumatoid arthritis , paleontology , pathology , biology
Tuberculosis of the hip joint is a significant cause of preventable disability, especially in children. The aim of our study was to evaluate the functional results of hip arthroscopy done in a cohort of patients with hip joint tuberculosis and to compare them with the outcome of conservatively managed cases.