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Human immunodeficiency virus and osteoarticular tuberculosis.
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The human immunodeficiency virus pandemic has contributed to a marked increase in patients infected with tuberculosis in parts of SubSaharan Africa and in patients with osteoarticular tuberculosis who are positive for the virus, the prognosis will depend on the stage that the human immunosuppressive virus infection has reached by the time of presentation.Abstract:
The human immunodeficiency virus pandemic has contributed to a marked increase in patients infected with tuberculosis. In parts of SubSaharan Africa, osteoarticular tuberculosis has increased fourfold in the past decade and approximately 60% of the patients are infected with the human immunodeficienread more
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Postoperative infection following orthopaedic surgery in human immunodeficiency virus-infected hemophiliacs with CD4 counts ≤ 200/mm3
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Spinal tuberculosis with neurological deficit. Treatment with anterior vascularised RIB grafts, posterior osteotomies and fusion
TL;DR: Nineteen patients with thoracic or thoracolumbar spinal tuberculosis and neurological deficits were treated by anterior debridement, decompression and vascularised rib grafting, followed, either during the same procedure or 14 days later, by multilevel posterior osteotomies, instrumentation and fusion.
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Orthopaedic surgery and HIV disease in Africa
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