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Spinal fractures are different than a broken arm or leg. A fracture or dislocation of a vertebra can cause bone fragments to pinch and damage the spinal nerves or spinal cord. Most spinal fractures occur from car accidents, falls, gunshot, or sports.||| Vertebral osteomyelitis is the most common form of vertebral infection. It can develop from direct open spinal trauma, infections in surrounding areas and from bacteria that spreads to a vertebra from the blood. Intervertebral disc space infections involve the space between adjacent vertebrae.||| In case of spine TB causes paralysis, treatment and recovery time depends on if paralysis is mild, moderate or severe. Also, in case of MDR TB, in which patients' fail to respond well to multi drugs, it may take longer to recover completely.

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