Preoperative Motor and Sensory Dysfunction as Predictors of Permanent Neurological Deficit in Spinal Tuberculosis: A Retrospective Cohort Study.

Cureus · 2026 · PMC13222621 · PMID 42226880

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Cervical-thoracic involvement (PR 2.20, 95% CI 0.93-5.18; Fisher's exact test, p = 0.057) and acute symptom onset of less than three months (PR 1.89, 95% CI 0.81-4.42; Fisher's exact test, p = 0.130) both showed clinically relevant trends but did not reach statistical significance; their 95% CIs included the null value of 1.0.

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