Tuberculosis (TB) is endemic in the sub-saharan Africa (SSA), and up to 70% of adults with TB are infected with Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV). In clinical practice, where extra-pulmonary TB (i.e spine) is suspected, treatment is often empirically initiated on clinical and radiological features as access to resources is not always easy. If it looks like TB, is it always TB? To demonstrate that, “if it looks like TB, it might not be TB”.Background:
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Discecomy is a common operation peformed for back pain at our hospital. We analysed the theatre register looking at demographic and health data for our patients to shed more light on this cases Entries in the spinal unit theatre registers from 2000–2012 were reviewed, and all patients undergoing discectomy for disc herniation recorded analysed regarding demographics and epidemiology.Purpose of Study
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