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Tuberculous osteomyelitis of tibial diaphysis following saphenous vein graft harvest for coronary artery bypass: a case report

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Tuberculosis in the tibial diaphysis following saphenous vein graft harvest for coronary artery bypass grafting has not been reported, to the best of authors’ knowledge. We report the first such clinical case in view of its clinical rarity and as a complication of the simple procedure like saphenous vein graft harvest.

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  1. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Maulana Azad Medical College & associated Lok Nayak Hospital, New Delhi-110002, c/o Mr Raj Kumar Arora, B-253, second floor, Derawal Nagar, Delhi, 110009, India

    Sumit Arora

  2. Central Institute of Orthopaedics, Vardhman Mahavir Medical College & associated Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi, 1100029, India

    Jatin Talwar & Vikas Gupta

  3. Division of Orthopaedics, Bone & Joint Centre, Nawanshahr, Punjab, 144514, India

    Vikramadittya Singh

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Arora, S., Talwar, J., Singh, V. et al. Tuberculous osteomyelitis of tibial diaphysis following saphenous vein graft harvest for coronary artery bypass: a case report. Indian J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 37, 307–310 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12055-020-01009-9

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