Treatment of Tuberculous Caries of the Spine
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disease and unless diagnosed early and appropriately treated, serious deformities and disabilities will result making the patient's life miserable. The complications of the disease, such as deformity, abscess formation (with secondary infection and sinus formation), and paraplegia, with the resultant further complications of bladder and rectal trouble, are a grave menace to the patient. Cases taken in hand early and appropriately treated offer very satisfactory prospects of cure. The diagnosis of this condition is easy with the modern methods at
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