Background: The most common form of articular tuberculosis is spondylitis followed by arthritis of weight bearing joints especially knee and hip. The present study was conducted to study cases of tuberculosis of hips in children’s. Materials & Methods: 12 patients of both genders with history of hip tuberculosis were included. The diagnosis was done with the help of histopathology and clinic-radiological basis. Shanmugasundaram radiological classification was used in this study. Results: Out of 12 patients, males were 5 and females were 7. The difference was non- significant (P-0.13). Right side was involved in 8 cases and left side was seen in 4 cases. The difference was significant (P<0.05). Radio graphically, 3 were normal, 4 were travelling, 2 were dislocating and 1 was atrophic. The difference was significant (P<0.05). Post- treatment findings were normal in 7 cases, atrophic in 1 case, protrusion acetabuli in 1 case, perthes in 1 case and mortar pestle in 2 cases. The difference was significant (P<0.05).  Result was excellent (40%), good (22%), fair (27%) and poor (11%). The difference was significant (P<0.05). Conclusion: Tuberculosis of hip is not uncommon among children. Clinical and radiological diagnosis along with histopathological findings is sufficient to reach the final diagnosis.
Key words: Atrophic, Hip, Tuberculosis.

Received: 2 December 2017                                 Revised: 18 December 2017                                Accepted: 20 December 2017
Corresponding author: Dr. Krishna Kharel, Department of Orthopaedics, Devdaha Medical College and Research Institute Devdaha, Nepal

This article may be cited as: Kharel K. A Retrospective Study of 12 cases of Tuberculosis of Hip Bone in Children. Int J Res Health Allied Sci 2018;4(1):1-3.