Characteristics and Management of Spinal Tuberculosis in Tuberculosis Endemic Area of Guizhou Province: A Retrospective Study of 597 Patients in a Teaching Hospital

Table 4

Clinical symptoms and signs of 542 spinal TB patients.

Characteristics	Value (%)
Clinical symptoms
Back pain	534 (89.45)
Night sweats	184 (30.82)
Weakness	165 (27.64)
Numbness	149 (24.96)
Weight loss	138 (23.12)
Fever	133 (22.28)
Clinical signs
Tenderness	465 (77.89)
Percussion pain	420 (70.35)
Kyphosis	183 (30.65)
Frankel classification, N (%)
A	18 (3.01)
B	23 (3.85)
C	52 (8.71)
D	85 (14.24)