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. 1999;23(2):85-6.
doi: 10.1007/s002640050313.

Correlation of canal encroachment with neurological deficit in tuberculosis of the spine

A K Jain  1 , A Aggarwal, G Mehrotra
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Correlation of canal encroachment with neurological deficit in tuberculosis of the spine

A K Jain et al. Int Orthop. 1999.

Abstract
in English, French

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.

Quinze malades atteints de tuberculose de 1a colonne vertébrale sans insuffisance neurologique (quadriplégie ou paraplégie) on été examinés par scanner pour 1e pourcentage de l’empiètement du canal. D’après cette étude, soixante seize pourcent de l’empiètement du canal vertébral par le tissu pathologique tuberculeux est compatible avec l’état neurologique non derangé ou intact.

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