Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, 1934;16:269-283.
© 1934 by The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Inc
TUBERCULOSIS OF THE SHAFT OF LONG BONES
A Report of Six Cases
GEORGE W. VANGORDER M.D., F.A.C.S.1
1 The Orthopaedic Division of the Department of Surgery of the Peiping Union Medical College, Peiping, China.
Six cases of tuberculosis of the shaft of bone in Chinese patients are reported with a discussion of the clinical, pathological, and roentgenographic characteristics.
Treatment of the disease by subperiosteal excision of the bone abscesses resulted in complete cure in all of the cases, except in one in which no end result was obtained.
Submitted on September 15, 1933