Correlation of canal encroachment with neurological deficit in tuberculosis of the spine.
CT scans of fifteen patients with tuberculosis of the spine without neurological deficit were analysed for canal encroachment. We calculated that up to 76% encroachment of the spinal canal by tubercular pathological tissue is compatible with undisturbed neural status.
Department of Orthopaedics, University College of Medical Sciences, Delhi, India.
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000886:Anthropometry; D002574:Cervical Vertebrae; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D010264:Paraplegia / Q000382:microbiology*; D011782:Quadriplegia / Q000382:microbiology*; D013904:Thoracic Vertebrae; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014399:Tuberculosis, Spinal / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000628:therapy