Table 1.

Summary of six patients treated with total hip arthroplasty (THA) for advanced active tuberculosis of the hip and their clinical results at an average follow-up of 49 months

Case	Gender	Age at diagnosis (years)	Side	Concurrent medical problem	Preoperative ESR (mm/h)	Antituberculous medications	Length of antituberculous therapy		Prosthesis	Histology	Length of follow-up (months)	Reactivation	Harris hip score (HHS)
							Pre-op (days )	Post-op (months)					Pre-op	Post-op
1	Male	18	Left	Pulmonary TB	80	I.R.E.S	44	12	Cement	Positive	80	No	4	96
2	Female	19	Left	None	45	I.R.E.S	16	12	Cementless	Positive	55	No	46	92
3	Male	33	Right	None	60	I.R.E.S	21	12	Cementless	Positive	48	No	40	97
4	Female	32	Left	Sinus	40	I.R.E.S	19	12	Cementless	Positive	44	No	35	96
5	Male	50	Right	Fracture of the femoral neck and pulmonary TB	90	I.R.E.S	14	12	Cementless	Positive	35	No	30	95
6	Male	51	Right	Sinus	120	I.R.E.S	54	18	Cement	Positive	34	No	6	89