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Chinese Journal of Antituberculosis ›› 2019, Vol. 41 ›› Issue (12): 1258-1262.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1000-6621.2019.12.005

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Therapeutic effect of debridement and bone grafting combined with external fixation for the treatment of wrist joint tuberculosis

Shang-sheng XU,Shi-bing QIN(),Jun FAN,Yong-chao HUO,Sheng-lu BAI,Chun-wei WANG   

  1. Department of Orthopaedics, Fourth People’s Hospital of Qinghai Province, Xining 810000, China
  • Received:2019-07-24 Online:2019-12-10 Published:2019-12-13
  • Contact: Shi-bing QIN E-mail:qinsb@sina.com

Abstract:

Objective To analyze the effectiveness of debridement and bone grafting combined with external fixation for the treatment of wrist joint tuberculosis.Methods A total of 32 patients with wrist joint tuberculosis who admitted to the Fourth People’s Hospital of Qinghai Province and the Beijing Chest Hospital of Capital Medical University from January 2016 to January 2019 were retrospectively analyzed. Among these patients, 17 cases were treated with conventional wrist joint debridement as a control group; and 15 cases were treated with debridement and bone grafting combined with external fixation as the observation group. The excellent rate of wrist function after treatment, the score of visual analog scale (VAS scale), the improvement of the quality of life scale (QOL) score, and the incidence of complications were compared between two groups.Results After 1 month of treatment, the excellent rate of wrist function in the observation group was 93.3% (14/15), which was significantly higher than that in the control group (58.8%, 10/17), with the statistically significant difference (χ 2=5.06, P=0.024); the VAS score of the observation group was (1.21±0.13), which was significantly lower than that of the control group (3.18±0.49), with the statistically significant difference (t=15.08, P<0.001); and the complication rate was 6.7% (1/15) in the observation group, which was significantly lower than that in the control group (41.2% (7/17)), with the statistically significant difference (χ 2=4.75, P=0.029). After 3 months of treatment, the QOL score of the observation group was (50.14±3.52), which was significantly higher than that of the control group (41.01±1.57), and the difference was statistically significant (t=9.67, P=0.000). Conclusion Debridement and bone grafting combined with external fixation can effectively improve the wrist function of patients with wrist joint tuberculosis, reduce pain, reduce the incidence of complications and improve the quality of life.

Key words: Tuberculosis, osteoarticular, Wrist joint, Surgical procedures, elective, Comparative effectiveness research