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Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, 1949;31:194-197.
© 1949 by The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Inc

AMPUTATION FOR TUBERCULOSIS OF JOINTS

A Study of the Therapeutic and Prognostic Value

David M. Bosworth M.D.1 and Walter P. Graul M.D.1

1 Orthopaedic Service, Sea View Hoapital, Staten Island, New York

1. Amputation for extensive tuberculous infection of a joint can offer little hope of helping to save the life of a patient if he has an active pulmonary lesion.

2. The classical indications for amputation in tuberculosis remain unmodified.

3, Males require amputation for tuberculosis more often than do females.

4. The best chance for survival exists when the amputation is performed relatively early.

5. Amputation of a tuberculous, secondarily infected lesion of a major joint in an otherwise healthy patient allows an early dismissal from the hospital.


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