Table 2 Clinical and neuroimaging features
From: Thoracolumbar spine injury in Cameroon: etiology, management, and outcome
Variables | n | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
Frankel’s | |||
A | 14 | 20.0 | |
B | 13 | 18.6 | |
C | 13 | 18.6 | |
D | 9 | 12.8 | |
E | 21 | 30.0 | |
Motor deficit | |||
Paraparesis | 15 | 21.4 | |
Paraplegia | 30 | 42.9 | |
Monoplegia | 4 | 5.7 | |
None | 21 | 30.0 | |
Spinal regions | |||
Thoracic | 24 | 34.3 | |
Lumbar | 39 | 55.7 | |
Thoracolumbar | 7 | 10.0 | |
Spine CT scan (n = 70) | |||
Fracture | 23 | 32.9 | |
Fracture + compression | 21 | 30.0 | |
Normal | 14 | 20.0 | |
Unknown | 12 | 17.1 | |
Spine MRI (n = 13) | |||
Contusion | 8 | 61.5 | |
Compression | 4 | 30.8 | |
Disc herniation | 5 | 38.5 | |
Normal | 1 | 7.7 |