ArticleSICOT-J2021
Predicting neurological deficit in patients with spinal tuberculosis - A single-center retrospective case-control study.
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- The Transaxillary Approach as a Direct Route in the Management of Upper Thoracic Spine Pathology: A Technical Note with Case Series.Asian spine journal · 2024Article
- Utility of clinicoradiological, microbiological, histopathological, and molecular methods in the diagnosis of spinal tuberculosis.European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society · 2023Article
- Factors Affecting Neurological Deficits in Thoracic Tuberculous Spondylodiscitis.International journal of spine surgery · 2023Article
- Spinal Tuberculosis: Features and Early Predictive Factors of Poor Outcomes.Mediterranean journal of rheumatology · 2023Article
- Predictive Factors for Late-Onset Neurological Deficits in Patients with Posttuberculous Thoracic Kyphosis.BioMed research international · 2022Article
- Sociodemographic patterns of spinal tuberculosis patients from a tertiary care teaching hospital: A 5-year cross-sectional study.Journal of the West African College of SurgeonsArticle
- Tuberculosis of the Spinal Cord.Annals of Indian Academy of NeurologyArticle
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Abstract
backgroundIdentifying the risk factors for the neurological deficit in spine tuberculosis would help surgeons in deciding on early surgery, thus reducing the morbidity related to neurological deficit. The main objective of our study was to predict the risk of neurological deficit in patients with spinal tuberculosis (TB).
methodsThe demographic, clinical, radiological (X-ray and MRI) data of 105 patients with active spine TB were retrospectively analyzed. Patients were divided into two groups - with a neurological deficit (n = 52) as Group A and those without deficit (n = 53) as Group B. Univariate and multivariate logistic regression analysis was used to predict the risk factors for the neurological deficit.
resultsThe mean age of the patients was 38.1 years. The most common location of disease was dorsal region (35.2%). Paradiscal (77%) was the most common type of involvement. A statistically significant difference (p < 0.05) was noted in the location of disease, presence of cord compression, kyphosis, cord oedema, loss of CSF anterior to the cord, and degree of canal compromise or canal encroachment between two groups. Multivariate analysis revealed kyphosis > 30° (OR - 3.92, CI - 1.21-12.7, p - 0.023), canal encroachment > 50% (OR - 7.34, CI - 2.32-23.17, p - 0.001), and cord oedema (OR - 11.93, CI - 1.24-114.05, p - 0.03) as independent risk factors for predicting the risk of neurological deficit.
conclusionKyphosis > 30°, cord oedema, and canal encroachment (>50%) significantly predicted neurological deficit in patients with spine TB. Early surgery should be considered with all these risk factors to prevent a neurological deficit.
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