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Egyptian Journal of Neurosurgery

Table 2 Aetiologies of spinal cord damage in children

From: Clinical profile of paediatric spinal cord damage in a developing country’s rural-area tertiary hospital neurosurgery

Aetiology

MaleN (%)

FemalesN (%)

TSCI†

13 (65.0)

7 (35.0)

Spinal bifida

5 (35.7)

9 (64.3)

Spinal cord tumours

1 (50.0)

1 (50.0)

Tuberculosis of the spine

1 (100.0)

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  1. †TSCI = Traumatic spinal cord injury
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