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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
medicine
Tuberculosis of the upper limb joints
International Orthopaedics, Volume 10, No. 1, Year 1986
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Description
Seventy-four cases of tuberculosis of the upper limb joints (sterno-clavicular 1; shoulder 12; elbow 42; wrist 10 and fingers 9), treated by two of the authors, were reviewed. Eighty-seven percent presented at an advanced stage of destruction. The diagnosis was proved in 71 out of 74 cases. In most, the treatment was 6-12 months of chemotherapy, plaster immobilization (in order to prevent or correct deformity) and functional rehabilitation whenever possible. The sterno-clavicular and finger joints were not immobilized. Response to chemotherapy was favourable in 66 of the patients followed up. One relapse occurred at the 18th month. The affected shoulder joints healed with loss of movement, but were not painful. At the elbow, ten patients developed spontaneous bony fusion in the right-angle position, 27 had a useful range of motion and 19 had more than 70° of flexion-extension movement. One patient had an arthrodesis. At the wrist, two patients healed with painful stiffness and an arthrodesis was performed. All the finger lesions healed with painless stiffness which did not interfere much with function because rehabilitation had been started early. The authors believe that conservative management usually gives better results than arthrodesis or excision of the joint. © 1986 Springer-Verlag.
Authors & Co-Authors
Martini, M.
Algeria, Douera
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Douera
Benkeddache, Yamina
Algeria, Douera
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Douera
Medjani, Y.
Algeria, Douera
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Douera
Gottesman, Howard
Unknown Affiliation
Statistics
Citations: 4
Authors: 4
Affiliations: 1
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1007/BF00266268
ISSN:
03412695
e-ISSN:
14325195
Research Areas
Cancer
Disability
Health System And Policy