[Osteochondral alloplasty of the humeral head in tuberculous omarthritis].

Techniques of the radical surgical treatment of tuberculosis of the shoulder joint with partial of subtotal osteochondral alloplasty are discussed, which was used in surgical treatment of 22 patients between the ages of 29 and 58 years. All patients had active tuberculous omarthritis that was accompanied in 9 cases by partial and in 13 by subtotal destruction of the humeral head. The results of treatment were followed up in 21 patients in terms varying from several months to 6 years.

[Extra-articular compression in the surgical treatment of tuberculous coxitis and its sequelae].

A surgical treatment with the use of an internal extraarticular compression was undertaken in 55 cases of tuberculous coxitis, mainly characterized by a severe destruction of cotyloid cavity and hip joint proximal end. At the same time 42% of these patients had been subjected to unsuccessful radical and stabilizing operations. The proposed compression device made it possible to cure all the patients to produce joint ankylosis.