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What Is The Healing Period For A Person Recovering From Bone TB?
Hi My sister is suffering frim bone TB.. TB was detected only through biopsy and her operation area is not healed yet, the surgey was performed on 25 Augist, after which there was a pus formation..she is getting married in Feb, just wanted to check how long will it take to heal the foot.
Tue, 24 Dec 2013
Hi, thanks for writing to HCM.
The general treatment guidelines for Extrapulmonary tuberculosis (Bone TB) is with standard 4 drug Anti-TB regime for a period of 6-9 months depending on the severity of disease and the clinical response.
Tuberculosis is a curable disease, so there is nothing to panic about it.
For the bone defect, a proper soft tissue coverage by way of either muscle pedicle graft or a fasciocutaneous flap is needed for faster healing of the defect/wound.
Hope this information is helpful. Good day
The general treatment guidelines for Extrapulmonary tuberculosis (Bone TB) is with standard 4 drug Anti-TB regime for a period of 6-9 months depending on the severity of disease and the clinical response.
Tuberculosis is a curable disease, so there is nothing to panic about it.
For the bone defect, a proper soft tissue coverage by way of either muscle pedicle graft or a fasciocutaneous flap is needed for faster healing of the defect/wound.
Hope this information is helpful. Good day
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