17. • X RAY
• CT SCAN
• MRI
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• 18-FDG PET SCAN
18. INITIATION PHASE– 2 MONTHS CONTINUATION PHASE-- 7 MONTHS
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• MDR TB
• XDR TB
• TDR TB
ATT IS THE MAINSTAY OF TREATMENT IN TUBERCULOSIS OF BONE AND JOINTS.
ATT ALONE SUFFICIENT TO TREAT UNCOMPLICATED TB
EVEN AN UNCOMPLICATED COLD ABSCESS CAN BE RESOLVED WITH ATT ALONE
21. OBJECTIVES OF SURGICAL
TREATMENT
• ADEQUATE DECOMPRESSION (
DEBRIDEMENT AND DRAINAGE OF COLD
ABSCESS
• MAINTAINANCE OF STABILITY (
FUSION OR SPINE FIXATION WITH
INSTRUMENTATION)
• CORRECTION OR HALT PROGRESSION OF
DEFORMITY