Coxitis tuberculosa. Case report and surgical methods of treatment

The possibility of a specific origin of joint infection should be considere d in finding the diagnosis. This is demonstrated in a case of tuberculosis of the hip treated in the Dept. of Trauma Surgery in collaboration with the Medical Dept. of the Klinikum Minden. Microbiological and imaging examinat ions are essential to plan and perform a combined therapy of hip arthroplas ty and concommitant medical antituberculous therapy. In accordance to a lit erature review, this procedure proved successful for both eliminating the l ocal infection and the functional outcome of the operation.