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==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
[[Surgery]] may be necessary, especially to drain spinal [[abscess]]es or to stabilize the spine in case of [[Pott's disease]]. | [[Surgery]] may be necessary, especially to drain spinal [[abscess]]es or to stabilize the spine in case of [[Pott's disease]]. | ||
==Surgery== | |||
===Renal tuberculosis=== | |||
Surgery is necessary to remove the urinary obstruction in genito urinary tuberculosis. 3 most common sites which can cause urinary obstruction is as follows. | |||
*Pelvi- ureteral junction | |||
*Calyx | |||
*Lower end of ureter | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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[[Category:Infectious disease]] | [[Category:Infectious disease]] | ||
[[Category:Pulmonology]] | [[Category:Pulmonology]] | ||
[[Category:Primary care]] | [[Category:Primary care]] | ||
[[Category:Bacterial diseases]] | [[Category:Bacterial diseases]] | ||
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Overview
Surgery may be necessary, especially to drain spinal abscesses or to stabilize the spine in case of Pott's disease.
Surgery
Renal tuberculosis
Surgery is necessary to remove the urinary obstruction in genito urinary tuberculosis. 3 most common sites which can cause urinary obstruction is as follows.
- Pelvi- ureteral junction
- Calyx
- Lower end of ureter