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SPINAL TUBERCULOSIS IN SOUTHERN NIGERIA

Peter G. Konstam 1; and Sheila T. Konstam 1

1 University College Hospital, Ibadan

1. In Nigeria, among the sites affected by tuberculosis of bones and joints there is especial frequency in the lumbo-thoracic junction from the tenth thoracic to the fourth lumbar vertebrae.

2. Outstanding in the pattern of the disease in adults is a tendency in certain patients to ossification of the spinal ligaments.

3. An ambulatory out-patient régime is described. So far it has promised well.
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Hip, Knee, Trauma, Upper limb, Foot & Ankle, Paediatrics, Oncology, Spine, Arthroplasty, General