1. Amputation for extensive tuberculous infection of a joint can offer little hope of helping to save the life of a patient if he has an active pulmonary lesion.
2. The classical indications for amputation in tuberculosis remain unmodified.
3, Males require amputation for tuberculosis more often than do females.
4. The best chance for survival exists when the amputation is performed relatively early.
5. Amputation of a tuberculous, secondarily infected lesion of a major joint in an otherwise healthy patient allows an early dismissal from the hospital.