title: [Treatment policy for children with complicated osteoarticular tuberculosis].
abstract: Experience in treating 97 children aged 1 to 14 years who had complicated tuberculosis of the spine (n = 74) and large joints (n = 23) in a specialized surgical clinical setting is presented. The developed treatment policy involves early radical reparative or reconstructive surgical intervention and intensive long-term therapy. The treatment allows one to cure 96.3% of children, yielding good functional results in 82.5% of them.
authors.forename: K N
authors.initials: KN
authors.lastname: Kovalenko
authors.forename: V V
authors.initials: VV
authors.lastname: Vatutina
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000995:Antitubercular Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014394:Tuberculosis, Osteoarticular / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*
chemical_list: D000995:Antitubercular Agents
vernacular_title: Lechebnaia taktika pri oslozhnennom techenii kostno-systavnogo tuberkuleza u deteĭ.