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Table 3 Management during the second stage

From: Two-stage total hip arthroplasty for patients with advanced active tuberculosis of the hip

Patient

Interval (months)

Operative procedure

Postoperative ATT (months)

Postoperative reinvestigate

ESR normal (months)

CRP normal (months)

Biopsy culture

Histo-pathology

1

4

UC-THA

8

Negative

Negative

3

1

2

5

UC-THA

7

Negative

Negative

4

2

3

4

UC-THA

8

Negative

Negative

3

1

4

5

H-THA

7

Negative

Negative

3

2

5

3

UC-THA

9

Negative

Negative

3

1

6

3

UC-THA

9

Negative

Negative

3

1

7

6

C-THA

9

Negative

Negative

5

3

8

4

UC-THA

8

Negative

Negative

3

1

9

4

UC-THA

8

Negative

Negative

3

2

  1. Interval the time from the first operation, ATT antituberculous therapy, UC-THA uncemented THA, H-THA hybrid THA