Treatment of Pott's paraplegia in a rural African hospital.
Experience in treating Pott's Paraplegia in a rural general hospital in Northern Kenya is reported. Five TB patients with severe neurological involvement of the spine were treated by orthopaedic reduction and antituberculous drugs. All were able to walk three months later.
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Sololo General Hospital, Kenya.
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000995:Antitubercular Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006780:Hospitals, Rural; D006801:Humans; D007630:Kenya; D007738:Kyphosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D010264:Paraplegia / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D014143:Traction; D014399:Tuberculosis, Spinal / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy*
D000995:Antitubercular Agents