Table 2.

Final results following treatment for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis

Variable	Preoperative status	Postoperativee status
Neurological status	Cauda equina syndrome (1 patient)	Remained the same and he is on bladder and bowel rehabilitation.
	Paraplegics (3 patients with ASIA A & 6 patients with ASIA B)	3 Patients with ASIA A improved to ASIA C
		6 Patients with ASIA B improved to ASIA D
Clinical parameters	All 30 patients had severe pain (average VAS score–8/10)	All 30 patients had improvement in pain (average VAS score–2/10)
	Sinus was seen in 5 patients	All the patients had healed sinuses
		Re turn to work: McNab’s criteria: excellent (n=9), good (n=14), fair (n=6), poor (n=1)
Serological markers	ESR=96 mm/hr (range, 56–180 mm/hr)	ESR=32 mm/hr
	CRP=58 mg/L (range, 27–90 mg/L)	CRP-<6 mg/L

ASIA, American Spinal Injury Association; VAS, Visual Analog Scale; ESR, erythrocyte sedimentation rate; CRP, C-reactive protein.