
Jagodish Ghosh
National Institute of Traumatology and Orthopedic Rehabilitation, BangladeshTitle: Spinal tuberculosis in paediatric patient
Abstract
This cross sectional study was done in National Centre
for Tuberculosis and Research and 250 bedded TB hospital, Shyamoli , Dhaka. In
this study patient suffering from spinal tuberculosis attending this hospital
between January 2007 to December 2017 were included. Patients were diagnosed on
the basis of clinical manifestation, laboratory tests, x-ray and magnetic
resonance image findings (n=37). Histological confirmation was done with fine
needle aspiration cytology. Pediatric spinal tuberculosis is a public
health problem of special significance because it is a marker of recent
transmission of tuberculosis. Although there was a major decline in its
prevalence during later decades of twentieth century, it has been reported in
recent decades that there is a rising incidence of spinal tuberculosis along
with other form of tuberculosis in both developing and developed countries. The
purpose of this study was to analyze the pattern of spinal tuberculosis in
pediatric patient in a developing country. The study revealed that 20.20% of
the patient in this study were in pediatric age group. There were two peak age
group of incidences of spinal tuberculosis among pediatric patients. The first
peak was in age group 2-5 years and the second peak was in the age group 11-15
years. Majority of the patient in this study 22(53.65%) were presented
with evening rise of temperature and weight loss. Among the pediatric
patients 31(75.65%) came from very low-income family. Predisposing
factors included are malnutrition, poor sanitation and educational status. Incidence
of pediatric spinal tuberculosis is quite high in developing country (20.20%)
with two peak age group of incidences.
Biography
Jagodish Chandra Ghosh has completed
MS(Ortho-surgery) from National Institute of Traumatology and Orthopedic
Rehabilitation, Dhaka, Bangladesh and Fellowship in Spine surgery from Indian
Spinal Injury Center (ISIC), Delhi, India. He worked as lecturer, registar,
consultant, associate professor and professor in in different government
institutions of Bangladesh. He has authored and co-authored multiple
peer-reviewed scientific papers and presented works at many national and
international conferences. Dr. Jagodish area of interests are spine,
joints & orthopedics surgery