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Neurological complications of spinal tuberculosis in children

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Neurological complications of thoracic and lumbar spinal tuberculosis were studied in 32 patients under the age of 16 years. The majority had lesions involving three or more vertebral bodies. Paraplegia occurred in 8 patients and was always associated with bladder and bowel dysfunction. Lesions located at T4/5 were most commonly accompanied by paraplegia. Deterioration of the neurological status was related to the degree of spinal stenosis, whereas the degree of kyphosis was of less importance. Radiculopathy is rare in children with Pott’s disease.

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Sont étudiees les complications neurologiques de la tuberculose vertébrale observées chez 32 enfants agés de 16 ans au maximum avec une 1ésion de la région thoracique et la région lombaire. Dans la plupart des cas l’atteinte a été de trois vertebres et plus. 8 cas de paraplégie complète ont été notés toujours accompagnés par la dysfonction des organes du bassin. Les problémes moteurs sont observés le plus souvent dans les cas de la lésion des vertebres T4-T5. La gravité des troubles neurologiques dépend de la sténose du canal rachiden. On ne trouve pas de relation directe entre la caractère de la myelopathie et l’importance de la cyphose. La radiculopathie est observée très rarement chez les enfants souffrant du mal de Pott.

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Accepted: 7 February 1999

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Mushkin, A., Kovalenko, K. Neurological complications of spinal tuberculosis in children. International Orthopaedics SICOT 23, 210–212 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1007/s002640050352

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