Official Journal of the Italian Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology
Table 3 Preoperative imaging and laboratory findings preoperatively and 6 weeks postoperatively in patients with tuberculous infection
Case | Preoperative imaging | Preoperative lab | 6 weeks postoperative | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Radiographs | MRI | CT | WBC (/mm3) | ESR (mm/h) | CRP (mg/dL) | WBC (/mm3) | ESR (mm/h) | CRP (mg/dL) | |
1 | Joint destruction and sclerosis | Fluid signal | – | 5,100 | 59 | 38 | 7,300 | 81 | 30 |
2 | Bone sclerosis and partially fused joint | Localised fluid signal in the joint | Fused joint with localised cavitation | 4,600 | 95 | 48 | 5,200 | 32 | 13 |
4 | Partially fused | Localised fluid cavity | – | 5,600 | 112 | 40 | 7,100 | 42 | 15 |
11 | Fused joint | Abscess above the joint | Fused joint with cavity | 13,600 | 34 | 35.6 | 13,400 | 38 | 7.8 |
20 | Partially fused joint | Fluid signal in the sacrum and parts of the joint | Sclerosis and cavitation of the sacrum | 8,300 | 60 | 125.6 | 5,000 | 48 | 48.5 |