Case Report

Immediate Cementless Hemiarthroplasty for Severe Destructive Glenohumeral Tuberculous Arthritis

Table 1

Summary of the reports of immediate arthroplasty for active TB arthritis in the hip and knee.

Author(s)Infected joint Number of cases Average follow-up period (months) ResultsReactivation (cases)Reference

(1) Gale and HardingKnee1120 Satisfactory clinically and radiographicallyNone[17]
(2) Wray and RoyKnee239 Satisfactory clinically and radiographicallyNone[18]

Harris Hip score
Preop Postop

(3) Yoon et al.Hip757.640 90None[19]
(4) Wang et al.Hip64926.8 94.2None[20]
(5) Neogi et al.Hip124138 88None[21]
(6) Oztürkmen et al.Hip967.237.3 94.8None[22]
(7) Kim et al.Hip433.357 86.3None[23]